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Adult stem cells help build human blood vessels in engineered tissues Date: October 14, 2013 Source: University of Illinois at Chicago Summary: Researchers have identified a protein expressed by ...

In experiments, they were able to expose the blood vessels they created to a "diabetic" environment in a petri dish and witness the "massive expansion" of the basement membrane.

They tested two different stem cell lines from human bone marrow. One line supported the formation of blood vessel networks when it was mixed with endothelial cells, while the other cell line did not.

The report of the procedure appears in a study titled, “Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy,” published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.

Scientist have grown human blood vessels from cells taken from elderly patients in a ground-breaking experiment that could lead to new treatments for heart disease within the next decade.

A company at RTP is growing human blood vessels and sending them to help wounded soldiers in Ukraine. Inside is where the blood vessels are grown. That whole process takes about three months.

"This means that not all stem cells are created alike in terms of their SLIT3 production and their ability to encourage blood vessel formation," Rehman said. "While using a patient's own stem ...