The study found that common glue components can be used to culture hematopoietic stem cells

a new international study has found that polyethylene alcohol in ordinary glue can be used in the culture of hematopoietic stem cells, on the basis of which it is expected to significantly reduce the cost of hematopoietic stem cells culture, to help treat leukemia and other diseases.
hematopoietic stem cells can differentiate into white and red blood cells in the blood and can be used to treat diseases such as leukemia. However, in the past, attempts to cultivate hematopoietic stem cells in the laboratory faced problems such as poor results and high cost, resulting in clinical treatment of leukemia relying more on bone marrow transplantation and other ways.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan and Stanford University in the United States report in a new issue of the British journal Nature that they have designed a hematopoietic stem cell culture system that uses high levels of plateatopoietics, low-level stem cell factors and other substances to build hematopoietic stem cells. Unlike some cultures, which have been expensive in the past, the use of polyethylene alcohol in their cultures can be very effective.
polyethylene alcohol is the main ingredient in some common glues. Japanese researchers have experimented with ordinary glue that can be bought in convenience stores and found that it has an effect on the cultivation of hematopoietic stem cells, Japanese media reported. This surprised the researchers.
researchers say the culture system, which uses polyethylene alcohol, allows hematopoietic stem cells taken from laboratory mice to multiply hundreds of times, transplanting the resulting hematopoietic stem cells into laboratory mice and effectively differentiating cells such as white blood cells.
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