Canadian researchers first worldwide to generate pluripotent stem cells from horses
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 12:10
in Health & Medicine
In a world first, pluripotent stem cells have been generated from horses by a team of researchers led by Dr Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr Lawrence Smith at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Veterinary Science. The findings will help enable new stem-cell based regenerative therapies in veterinary medicine, and because horses' muscle and tendon systems are similar to our own, aid the development of preclinical models leading to human applications. The study was published in the February 28 issue of the leading journal Stem Cell Reviews and Reports...
