Testes stem cell can change into other body tissues
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 06:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells - they can differentiate into each of the three main types of tissues of the body - but the researchers caution against viewing them as one and the same...