Lab Grown Blood to be ready within 2 years
Posted on : 06-July-2015
The researchers working with teams from the universities of Cambridge, Bristol and Oxford have started to grow blood from stem cells taken from adults and umbilical cord blood. According to the U.K. National Health Service, the trial will take place by 2017 and will involve transfusing very small amounts, of lab-grown blood into one group of volunteers, while providing another group with donated blood for comparison.
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