Stem-cell-based strategy boosts immune system in mice

Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. The researchers showed that, in mice, the tissue can be used to foster the development of white blood cells the body needs to mount healthy immune responses and to prevent harmful autoimmune reactions.

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