Source: BBC NEWS:
Posted: 2005/08/18 11:57:46 GMT
Summary:
BBC News reports on a new method of obtaining stem cells from umbilical cord blood using micro-gravity techniques:
"Scientists believe they have found a way to get plentiful stem cells from umbilical cord blood to treat people with diseases.
Stem cells have the potential to turn into many different types of tissue, but using embryonic stem cells is controversial. UK and US team believe they have found a way round this using cord blood and space technology borrowed from NASA. Their microgravity method is described in the journal Cell Proliferation."
