New method to grow human embryonic stem cells
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 21:42
in Biology & Nature
The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) – cells which produce any type of specialized adult cells in the human body – use animal-based materials for culturing the cells. But because these materials are animal-based, they could transmit viruses and other pathogens to the hESCs, making the cells unsuitable for medical use. read more
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