Posted on 09/06/2011 9:02:21 AM PDT by decimon
Transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells is an effective treatment for patients with malignant blood diseases. The composition and quality of the transplanted cells are crucial to the outcome. Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, have now developed a method to improve the quality of the transplanted cells using ultrasound for cell separation.
For patients with blood cancer, a blood stem cell transplant is often the only treatment that can cure the disease. The quality of the transplanted blood stem cells and the choice and composition of the transplanted cells can be crucial.
Current methods of collecting and processing stem cell products leave a lot to be desired. Recent results from Lund University indicate that it may be possible to considerably improve the quality of the blood stem cell product by using a method known as acoustic cell separation.
“The method was developed in the field of microtechnology and builds on basic engineering research from Lund University”, explains Professor Thomas Laurell, research group leader at the Faculty of Engineering. The method is expected to facilitate improvements in the processing of blood stem cells.
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research has been a complete failure...
Embryonic Stem Cell Research is a just a place to flush research dollars down a toilet.
But then folks like Obama like killing unborn babies, so they need some sort of an excuse for killing unborn babies...
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