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iPS cells could serve as an effective cancer vaccine
A study in mice has suggested that iPS cells may train the immune system to attack or even prevent tumours...
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Plasticell and Kings College London to collaborate in trials of blood platelet substitute
Over 10 million units of platelets are transfused worldwide each year in one of the most common procedures in clinical medicine. However, platelets derived from human donors can transmit infections and trigger serious immune reactions that eventually render the therapy ineffective (a condition known as alloimmune refractoriness). In addition, since…
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Netrin-1 favours the production of iPS cells
8 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Two teams of researchers have discovered a molecule that may favour the production of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)...
