American Society of Hematology, Blood, 17(118), p. 4507-4508, 2011
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-09-375154
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Cheng and colleagues in this issue of Blood report that implanted donor blood vessel-forming cells inosculate with host blood vessels through a process of "wrapping" and "tapping" to gain access to and divert circulating blood cells away from host vessels and into the newly formed donor-derived vessels.