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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Genetically corrected blood cells obtained from skin cells from Fanconi anemia patients
June 18th, 2009
A collaboration research carried out by the teams of Jordi Surralles, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB); Juan Carlos Izpisua-Belmonte and Angel Raya, Centre for Regenerative Medicine of Barcelona (CMRB); and Juan Antonio Bueren, Centre for Energetic, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), has resulted in the generation of blood cells from skin cells of patients with a genetic disease known as Fanconi anemia. The process is based on gene therapy and cell reprogramming techniques in which cells similar to embryonic stem cells known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be generated. The research article was published in this week's digital version of Nature....
Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-18)
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