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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells

Microscopic view of purple blobs with red patches
The ability to generate blood stem cells in the laboratory could make it possible to treat patients in need of bone marrow transplants using their own cells. Photograph: Jitesh Neupane / University of Cambridge

Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that produced human blood cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine.

The ability to generate blood stem cells in the laboratory may one day make it possible to treat patients in need of bone marrow transplants using their own cells.

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