SCIENTISTS in Scotland and California are to collaborate on medical research that could give new hope to millions with life-threatening conditions, the First Minister has said.
Alex Salmond heard how experts from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and St Andrews University will work with their counterparts at Stanford University in the US.
The study will examine how to grow new stem cells to treat people with brain or spinal cord injuries, or those with conditions such as Parkinson's disease.
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