Two lines account for most human embryonic stem cell research

Friday, August 7, 2009 - 13:56 in Health & Medicine

For the past eight years, scientists who wanted to use federal funds for research on human embryonic stem cells had to restrict their studies to 21 cell lines approved by the National Institutes of Health. But an analysis by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that only two of those lines have been used routinely.

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