Reprogrammable skin stem cells in a test tube could reduce number of animal experiments
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
To develop new treatments for skin cancer, drugs need to be tested on animals. Now scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne have been able to grow mouse skin stem cells in a dish. These stem cells in a test-tube could reduce the number of animal experiments.