Australian blood stem cell research could help change the future of stem cell medicine.
by Imma Perfetto – Cosmos Magazine
Two new pieces of research out of the University of NSW in Sydney have shone new light on how the precursors to blood stem cells occur in animals and humans, and how they may be induced artificially.
In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers demonstrated how a simulation of an embryo’s beating heart, using a microfluidic device in the lab, led to the development of human haematopoietic or blood stem cells.
A second study in Nature Cell Biology, revealed the cells in mice embryos that are responsible for blood stem cell creation within the aorta.