Engineered cells could usher in programmable cell therapies
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
In work that could jumpstart the promising field of cell therapy, in which cells are transplanted into the body to treat a variety of diseases and tissue defects, researchers have engineered cells that could solve one of the key challenges associated with the procedure: control of the cells and their microenvironment following transplantation.