SCOTTISH scientists have gained an important new insight into stem cells – how they start turning themselves into all the different types of cells needed by the body.
It is hoped the discovery at Edinburgh University will help drive forward the bid to use stem cells to repair damaged tissue and reverse incurable conditions.
Dr Sally Lowell, a research fellow based in the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine where the work was carried out, said while experts can already manipulate stem cells to grow other cell types there were often problems with the results.
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