New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
New way to generate abundant functional blood vessel cells from human stem cells discovered
Published in Cardiovascular Week, February 1st, 2010
In a significant step toward restoring healthy blood circulation to treat a variety of diseases, a team of scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College has developed a new technique and described a novel mechanism for turning human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells into plentiful, functional endothelial cells, which are critical to the formation of blood vessels. Endothelial cells form the interior "lining" of all blood vessels and are the main component of capillaries, the smallest and most abundant vessels. In the near future, the researchers believe, it will be possible to inject these cells into humans to heal damaged organs and tissues.
The new approach allows...
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