Benchmark Proposed for Better Replication of Stem Cell Development

In a study that could provide the foundation for scientists to more precisely replicate natural stem cell development in an artificial environment, researchers at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have established a standard to assess how conditions used to procure stem cells in the lab compare to those found in a human embryo. The study, which was led by Guoping Fan, professor of human genetics at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was published in the journal Cell Stem Cell .

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