Länk - Mensblod ger stamceller som kan bli t ex hjärtceller

published Nov 16, 2007 08:30   by admin ( last modified Nov 16, 2007 08:30 )
A mere 5ml of menstrual blood collected from a healthy woman provided enough cells which after two weeks of culture provided beating heart cells. The results of this breakthrough research indicate that these cells could be cultured at a large scale, thereby providing an alternative to the current methods of using bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, which itself poses threats of rejection.


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