Last step leading to blood cell formation elucidated

A team of scientists led by Dr. Timm Schroeder of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Germany, has proved the existence of hemogenic endothelial cells. The findings answer the question -- unsolved until now -- of how blood cells are generated during embryonic development and will enable scientists in the future to produce blood cells in the laboratory in a more target-specific manner.

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