Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary:
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Medistem Laboratories, a start-up biotechnology company in the field of adult stem cell research, announced it has discovered a new type of adult stem cell in menstrual blood:
"A startup stem cell company with part of its operations in San Diego has discovered a new type of stem cell in menstrual blood, a finding that might allow researchers to avoid the medical and ethical issues surrounding the use of human embryonic stem cells. Medistem Laboratories said these new cells are more like human embryonic stem cells than most so-called adult stem cells because they can turn into nine tissue types in the body. They also can replicate themselves faster than other adult stem cell types, giving them the potential to be banked and creating the possibility of a plentiful supply of cells for therapies, said Thomas Ichim, the company's new chief executive."
NBC Sandiego.com has a streaming TV news video report on this development.
