'Magical state' of embryonic stem cells may help overcome hurdles to therapeutics
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
With their potential to treat a wide range of diseases and uncover fundamental processes that lead to those diseases, embryonic stem (ES) cells hold great promise for biomedical science. A number of hurdles, both scientific and non-scientific, however, have precluded scientists from reaching the holy grail of using these special cells to treat heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases.