STEM cell researchers have found a way to turn a person’s skin into blood, a process that could be used to treat cancer and other ailments, according to a Canadian study published today.
The method uses cells from a patch of a person’s skin and transforms it into blood that is a genetic match, without using human embryonic stem cells, said the study in the journal Nature.
Wow. Very cool.
I wonder if, hopefully, someday, this could be a replacement for random blood donation?
Very cool….
This would be very useful to people with a rare blood type.