Sickle-cell mice cured with their own cells
19:00 06 December 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Andy Coghlan
Mice have for the first time been cured of a severe blood disorder through treatment with stem cells created from tissue taken from their own tails. The breakthrough demonstrates for the first time a way of treating severe diseases using stem cells created from a patient's own tissue, thus sidestepping the problem of rejection faced when blood or tissue is donated.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13007-sicklecell-mice-cured-with-their-own-cells.html
19:00 06 December 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Andy Coghlan
Mice have for the first time been cured of a severe blood disorder through treatment with stem cells created from tissue taken from their own tails. The breakthrough demonstrates for the first time a way of treating severe diseases using stem cells created from a patient's own tissue, thus sidestepping the problem of rejection faced when blood or tissue is donated.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13007-sicklecell-mice-cured-with-their-own-cells.html