Scientists Develop New Stem Cell Lines To Fight Diseases

Boston (dbTechno) - Scientists from Harvard have announced that they have managed to create 20 new stem cell lines which will be able to help treat 10 different diseases, including Parkinson’s and Down syndrome.

This is a major breakthrough, as researchers have taken the cells of patients with genetic illnesses, and reprogrammed them back to a state where they will be able to study and fight these diseases.

This is going to allow scientists to take a step back and truly watch how a diseases progresses in a laboratory dish.

The new stem cell lines are also going to allow researchers to better target the diseases with new drugs.

The new stem cell lines will be deposited into the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Boston, a bank for these type of stem cell lines.

Researchers are hopeful that in the coming years, they will be able to take these new stem cell lines and use them to help treat degenerative diseases.

The research has been published in the journal Cell.