Last step leading to blood cell formation elucidated
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 07:07
in Biology & Nature
A team of scientists led by Dr Timm Schroeder of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen has proved the existence of haemogenic 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. These new insights represent an important contribution to future clinical therapeutic approaches. The study was published in the prestigious science journal Nature and will be a central topic of the international symposium on the molecular mechanisms of haematopoiesis, which will take place in Munich from 2nd to 4th April...