The holy grail is to have an 'off the peg' source of unlimited numbers of 'neutral' s

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some good news, shows the progress and positive results using this new tech


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8462488.stm
After success in laboratory animals, these cells were used in human patients, and the researchers found that they were accepted by the body more quickly and contributed more to the rebuilding of functioning bone marrow than "non-expanded" cord blood transplants.

Dr David Grant, Scientific Director of charity Leukaemia Research said: "The holy grail is to have an 'off the peg' source of unlimited numbers of 'neutral' stem cells which can be given to any patient safe in the knowledge that they will not cause the very difficult 'graft versus host' problems that lead to rejection and often the death of the patient.

"This is a promising development towards this because the concern has been that once stem cells start 'growing' they lose their stem cell properties and progress to ordinary blood cells with a very limited lifespan."

Henny Braund, chief executive of The Anthony Nolan Trust, said the potential for umbilical cord blood was "huge", and that the charity had already imported well over 250 units of umbilical cord blood.
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simon50 said:
He could have at least summarised his own opinions on the subject, or elaborated on the importance of the news, rather than just pasting the article.
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That was entirely up to him-this is general discussion afterall. I am greatful he pasted the article so I could at least make up my own opinion about the article myself .
 
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