Source: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Date: June 8, 2005
Summary:
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that might enable scientists to multiply adult stem cells quickly and efficiently. One of the main obstacles with adult stem cell research is that, in order for these cells to be therapeutically useful, researchers need to multiply them in the lab. But when adult stem cells are isolated, they immediately start growing into their designated tissue type, which limits their replication. If scientists could take a liver adult stem cell and multiply it in a dish, without having it form mature liver tissue, more tissue could be made.
