New prospects for poor patients

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Crescent cells affect blood circulation

The professors at the University of San Francisco, California, USA have just succeeded in adjusting crescent-shaped blood cells caused by anemia (also called hemorrhage).

Hemorrhagic disease, with crescent-shaped blood cells, is found in Africa, India, the Middle East and the Mediterranean region.

Crescent cells are caused by a genetic mutation that causes heterologous blood cells that affect blood circulation.

US scientists have treated embryonic stem cells containing mutated cells in humans. They implanted a healthy version of the blood cell to replace the mutated version. This stem cell is characterized by crescent-shaped cells but not quite like it.

This research opens up prospects for blood-poor patients around the world.