In this part, I took a look at BioTime's ever-expanding product line of embryonic progenitor cells, which now total about 200. At first glance, the size of their catalogue surprised me:
To me, the emphasis for growing the product line seemed to come at the cost of diversity. It felt counterintuitive to define hundreds of different cell lines when stem cells have the advantage of being pluripotent. Shouldn’t a few dozen cell lines be enough to cover all the major applications of regenerative medicine?Visit Signals Blog to see his explanation.
Not so, explained West...
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