Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 08/19/2008 - 13:13

NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists say they've found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward making transfusion supplies in the laboratory.

The promise of a virtually limitless supply is tantalizing because of blood donor shortages and disappointments in creating blood substitutes....

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