Blood From Stem Cells (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Blood From Stem Cells

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Two transcription factors are all that is required to make blood from pluripotent stem cells. Following introduction of the factors, stem cells form endothelium (green) which subsequenty become blood cells (red). The process mimics the way blood is formed in the embryo.

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Courtesy of Irina Elcheva and Akhilesh Kumar, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center

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