Source: MSNBC
Posted: September 10, 2007 1:29 p.m. PT
Summary:
"Scientists have known that embryos spend much of their time bobbing along with their mother's movements. So it is perhaps not surprising that researchers have now discovered that embryonic stem cells, which can potentially transform into any kind of body tissue, develop better when their environments are gently jiggled. The finding, detailed in the September issue of the journal Stem Cells, could lead to new ways of controlling what cell type embryonic stem cells ultimately become by moving them in different ways."
