Source: The Daily Yomiuri
Updated: 2007-05-28 15:55:19 MYT
Summary:
The Daily Yomiuri reports that a research team in Kobe, Japan has created an efficient method to mass produce human embryonic stem cells:
"A research team from the Kobe-based Center for Developmental Biology, affiliated with the Institute of Physical and Chemical Science (Riken) has succeeded in an efficient, mass cultivation of human embryonic stem cells, a Web version of the scientific journal, Nature Biotechnology, announced Sunday. The research team, headed by Yoshiki Sasai and others, also successfully developed the increased embryonic stem cells into brain cells. Experts believe that the new finding will contribute to the actual use of human stem cells for the treatment of strokes and incurable diseases related to the nervous system."
