Lab-Grown Blood Moving Toward Clinical Trials
June 24, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
Sometime in 2016, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service expects to begin clinical trials of lab-grown Type O-negative red blood cells. These cells are derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells that are cultured in biochemicals to become this rare blood type which is transfusable to any recipient. MORE
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