Directed Differentiation of Immune Cells
from Stem Cells
§ B and T cells from mouse embryonic
stem cells - University of Toronto
§ Natural killer (NK) cells from mouse embryonic stem cells – Amgen, Inc.
§ Neutrophils from mouse embryonic stem cells – National Jewish Medical Research
Ctr.
§ Dendritic cells from mouse embryonic stem cells – Oxford University & Kumamoto University, Japan
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§ Functional
human adaptive immune system in mice created from stem cells – Institute for Res. in Biomedicine,
Switzerland
Illustration from the National Cancer Institute