Scottish scientists have developed a new and improved way of generating stem cells in a potential boost to research and drug screening.
A team at Edinburgh University has produced material which acts as a "tiny scaffold" to which cells can cling as they grow.
Cells are usually cultivated on expensive biological surfaces that can carry pathogens, risking contamination.
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