Source: Houston Chronicle
Posted: August 19, 2005, 12:27 AM
Summary:
The Houston Chronicle reports on new research in which stem cells from umbilical-cord blood might be capable of possess traits of embryonic stem cells:
"A team of Texas and British researchers have produced embryonic-like stem cells from umbilical-cord blood, a breakthrough that could overcome the controversy holding back the cutting-edge field. The researchers reported Thursday that they've grown mass amounts of cord-blood stem cells that have the same ability to turn into any kind of tissue as stem cells taken from human embryos. That ability is considered a key to the future of medicine."
