Scientists announce human intestinal stem cell 'breakthrough' for regenerative medicine
Sunday, September 4, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Human colon stem cells have been identified and grown in a lab-plate for the first time. This achievement, made by researchers of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and published in Nature Medicine, is a crucial advance towards regenerative medicine.