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New Way to Grow Human Embryonic Stem Cells Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) – cells which produce any type of specialized adult cells in the human body – use animal-based materials for culturing the cells. But because these materials are animal-based, they could transmit viruses and other pathogens to the hESCs, making the cells unsuitable for medical use. Now, a stem-cell scientist at UC Riverside has devised a method of growing hESCs in the lab that uses no animal-derived materials. (source: info.ucr.edu)
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