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...

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