Scientists say they have found a new weapon against the blood disease sickle cell anaemia - the skin.By reprogramming skin cells in the lab to become stem cells, the US team were able to treat mice with a human type of sickle cell anaemia, Science reports.
As well as being in plentiful supply, using skin cells as a therapy also gets round the ethics surrounding the use of other stem-cell based treatments.
Experts stressed more safety work was needed before moving trials to humans.
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