First Transfusion of Cultured Blood
January 31, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Despite almost a quarter century of being able to isolate blood progenitor stem cells, it wasn’t until last summer that a transfusion of lab grown blood was tested in the human. Researchers at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris carried out the trial and showed that no malignancies resulted and the blood was safe. While the quantity of transfused blood was small, the proof of principle was a significant step toward a new source of blood supply. MORE