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    Two people receive a world-first lab-grown blood transfusion

    Dec 22, 2022 2 minutes

    wo people in the UK are the first ever to receive transfusions of T lab-grown red blood cells. The pair are healthy volunteers in the REcovery and survival of STem cell Originated REd cells (RESTORE) trial, a one-of-a-kind clinical trial taking place at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. The trial will ultimately include at

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