New way to generate abundant functional blood vessel cells from human stem cells discovered

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:28 in Biology & Nature

In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, scientists have developed a new technique and described a novel mechanism for turning human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells into plentiful, functional endothelial cells, which are critical to the formation of blood vessels.

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