Stem-cell-based strategy boosts immune system in mice
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
This image shows Matthias Hebrok, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco. Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UC San Francisco researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the development of white blood cells the body needs to mount healthy immune responses and to prevent harmful autoimmune reactions.