Gene targeting technique extended to stem cells
The technique that helped revolutionize modern biology by making the mouse a crucible of genetic manipulation and a window to human disease has been extended to human embryonic stem (ES) cells.
12-Feb-2003 -
In a study published today (Feb. 10) in the online editions of the journal Nature Biotechnology, a team of scientists from UW-Madison reports that it has developed methods for recombining segments of DNA within stem cells.
By bringing to bear the technique, known in scientific parlance as ...
basic research
cardiac cells
cardiovascular diseases
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