Stem Cells Grow in Plastic Bags (Bilione Young @ OTW)
Researchers working in Germany have come up with a solution to a perplexing stem cell problem—how to keep the cell mixtures from becoming contaminated. While doctors have been increasingly using live cells in their treatments of patients—those cells have to be kept, cultivated, reproduced or even modified in a patient-specific manner.
The problem lies in the storability of the cell solutions used. As they can easily become infected by germs, they can only be stored for a few days in the containers conventionally used today.
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