Method for manufacturing patient-specific human platelets
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Skin cells from humans can be revamped into pro-clotting cells called platelets, according to a study published on November 22 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org). Patients with diseases causing thrombocytopenia - platelet deficiency - often require repeated transfusions with platelets obtained from healthy donors...