World’s first stem cell ‘library’ on deck at McMaster
Margaret Munro
CanWest News Service
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Mick Bhatia was handed $15 million Wednesday to create the world's first human embryonic stem cell "library" at McMaster University in Hamilton.
But no one will be borrowing cells grown from human embryos anytime soon.
The library will be a database of information amassed as researchers "interrogate" the 26,000 genes at the heart of the potent cells, says Bhatia, head of stem cell research at the university and co-director of the new venture...
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World’s first stem cell ‘library’ on deck at McMaster