Source: University of California - San Diego
Date: January 7, 2010
Summary:
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have developed an efficient way to genetically modify human embryonic stem cells. Their approach, which uses bacterial artificial chromosomes to swap in defective copies of genes, will make possible the rapid development of stem cell lines that can both serve as models for human genetic diseases and as testbeds on which to screen potential treatments. The technique is described in the January 8 issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell.
