Stem cell materials could boost research into key diseases
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
Stem cell manufacturing for drug screening and treatments for diseases such as Huntington's and Parkinson's could be boosted by a new method of generating stem cells, a study suggests. Scientists have developed a family of compounds that can support the growth of human embryonic stem cells on a large scale for use in drug testing or treatments.