Race to find human stem cells ends in tie
Two research teams have isolated seemingly immortal human cells that can give rise to any cell type in the body.
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Further Readings:
1995. Monkeying around with stem cells. Science News 148(Aug. 26):139.
Travis, J. 1997. Human embryonic stem cells found? Science News 152(July 19):36.
Zigova, T., and P.R. Sanberg. 1998. The rising star of neural stem cell research. Nature Biotechnology 16(November):1007.
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Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
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600 North Wolfe Street
Park Building B2-210
Baltimore, MD 21287Ronald D.G. McKay
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Bethesda, MD 20892-4092Evan Y. Snyder
Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Neurosurgery
Boston, MA 02115James A. Thompson
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
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From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7,
1998, p. 293.
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