Source: New Scientist and AFP
Posted: 28 June 2007 13:11 GMT
Summary:
New Scientist reports scientists have discovered a mouse embryonic stem cells with properties similar to those of human embryonic stem cells:
"The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell that is a near-perfect match to human cells will speed research in regenerative medicine and treatments for conditions such as Parkinson's and diabetes, researchers say. Roger Pedersen at Cambridge University, UK, and colleagues took cells from the mouse embryo at a later stage in its development, when it is an epiblast. They found that epiblast stem cells, taken from the innermost layer of week-old rodent embryos, shared many of the same properties of human embryonic stem cells."
