Test of maturity for stem cells

Test of maturity for stem cells: " Home Databases News Resources Nanowerk Nanotechnology Introduction Career Center   Printer-friendly E-mail this article Daily News Email Digest Get News Widget News > Nanowerk Research and General News > Posted: May 7, 2008 Test of maturity for stem cells (Nanowerk News) Stem cells can differentiate into 220 different types of body cell. The development of these cells can now be systematically observed and investigated with the aid of two new machines that imitate the conditions in the human body with unprecedented accuracy. Stem cells are extremely versatile: They can develop in 220 different ways, transforming themselves into a correspondingly diverse range of specialized body cells. Biologists and medical scientists plan to make use of this differentiation ability to selectively harvest cardiac, skin or nerve cells for the treatment of different diseases. However, the stem cell culture techniques practiced today are not very efficient. What proportion of a mass of s"

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