Stem cells on the battlefield: the military takes interest in transfusions

Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 4 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

We've discussed these several issues with other articles, but the Times stitches them together nicely. When we talk about stem cells, people tend to think of old men with Alzheimer's. When we talk about regenerative medicine, people tend to think of regrowing lost limbs. But the fact that companies--and the University of Ohio--are trying to hammer the kinks out of turning embryonic stem cells into red blood cells. DARPA is taking a deep interest, hoping for a way to turn progenitor cells into blood cells ont he battlefield

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Red blood cells generated from human embryonic stem cells may transfuse some life into Advanced Cell Technology

sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (www.nature.com)

Observers could be forgiven for thinking they had spotted a phoenix rising from the ashes of Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) earlier this week. The Los Angeles, California-based company, which is devoted to turning human embryonic stem cells into therapies, had been reported on the verge of extinction last month after it told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it would run out of money on 31 July

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First red blood cells grown in the lab

sea-maid submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.newscientist.com)

Blood donations may one day be a thing of the past thanks to the creation of the first functional red blood cells grown in the lab. The cells were grown from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

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