Mini Human Stomach Created In The Lab - Using Adult Stem Cells
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) became the target of researchers a decade ago due to restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). While media reports were claiming biology was dead if President Bush didn't violate President Clinton's Dickey-Wicker law, researchers instead moved to iPSCs and now they have been able to generate functional, three-dimensional human stomach tissue in a laboratory. read more