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2009-06-05 | permalink
Chinese scientists make breakthrough in creating pig stem cells
Chinese scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in changing cells from pigs into embryonic-like stem cells, capable of developing into any type of cell in the body. The Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences claimed a global breakthrough in forming pluripotent stem cells using somatic cells (cells that are not sperm or egg cells) from any animal with hooves (ungulates). Dr. Xiao Lei, heads of the SIBCB stem cell lab, said, ”This is the first report in the world of the creation of domesticated ungulate pluripotent stem cells.”
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2009-06-05 | permalink
Chinese scientists make breakthrough in creating pig stem cells
Chinese scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in changing cells from pigs into embryonic-like stem cells, capable of developing into any type of cell in the body. The Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences claimed a global breakthrough in forming pluripotent stem cells using somatic cells (cells that are not sperm or egg cells) from any animal with hooves (ungulates). Dr. Xiao Lei, heads of the SIBCB stem cell lab, said, ”This is the first report in the world of the creation of domesticated ungulate pluripotent stem cells.”
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