Plasticity of Cells and Ex Vivo Production of Red Blood Cells

The supply of transfusable red blood cells (RBCs) is not sufficient in many countries. If transfusable RBCs could be produced abundantly from certain resources, it would be very useful. Our group has developed a method to produce enucleated RBCs efficiently from hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takashi Hiroyama, Kenichi Miharada, Ryo Kurita, Yukio Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Stem Cells International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/195780