Magnetically-labeled blood cells could provide a boost to medical research | Longevity science | Scoop.it

Thanks to advances in stem cell therapy, it is now possible to use engineered white blood cells to fight diseases such as HIV within the human body. When such treatments are being developed, however, it can be difficult to track where the introduced cells travel within a patient’s system, and how many of them make it to their target.

 

Researchers have found a way to magnetically label these cells for tracking purposes.