Scientists create artificial human blood from
skin cells!
If there was ever a
missing piece to a puzzle in medical science before, it was the development of
human blood.
It seems, however, that
scientists from Singapore have managed to do the impossible and may have found
a way to develop human blood from skin cells by successfully creating
artificial mouse blood and immune cells from skin cells.
This brings them one
step closer to actually making this miraculous discovery. Described in a paper
published in the journal Nature Communications, this is being considered
to be a potential breakthrough in the field of regenerative medicine.
"On the face of
it, skin cells and blood cells couldn't be more different from one
another," explained Dr Cheng Hui, who worked initiated the study during
his stay at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), in a press
release. We have been interested in whether it might be possible to rewrite the
identity of cells, specifically to turn skin into blood," Nature World
News reported.
This is not the first
time that scientists tried to create blood cells using skin cells. Previous
efforts yielded cells that could only last two weeks when injected in mouse
models.
Nature World News
further reported that, with their findings, researchers are hoping to spring
the same results with human skin cells. If proven to be safe and effective,
this conversion technique could provide a robust source of new blood or immune
cells. It will be easier for patients suffering from immune disorders and other
diseases, as well as those who are in need of blood transfusions, to receive
the necessary treatment they require.
Source: www.zeenews.india.com
26.11.2016
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