Scientists find method to safely and reliably convert stem cells into human blood

07/14/2014 - 00:00

By Terry Devitt -

Writing today (July 14, 2014) in the journal Nature Communications, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell researcher Igor Slukvin reports the discovery of two genetic programs responsible for taking blank-slate stem cells and turning them into both red and the array of white cells that make up human blood.

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