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Mar 30 16 9:23 AM
Scientists develop 3-D printing method to make embryonic stem cells Stem Med is a new wholly owned Stem Med Cellular Laboratory equipped with ISO Class 5, Class 6 and Class 8 clean rooms to perform sophisticated laboratory cell processing and culturing. A team of scientists from Beijing’s Tsinghua University have reportedly devised a means of producing uniform embryonic stem cells with a 3D printer. The research was striving to grow human organs in animals, known as “chimeras”, following the hybrid creatures in Greek mythology. Furthermore, they hope to determine how changing the size would result in the manufacture of different cell types. By bailing on such experiments, the letter argues, NIH “poses a threat to progress”, strangling research that “has tremendous promise” for developmental biology (understanding how embryos develop) and regenerative medicine (providing cells, tissues, or organs to treat diseases). “Two other common methods of printing these cells are either two-dimensional (in a petri dish) or via the “suspension” method (where a “stalagmite” of cells is built up by material being dropped via gravity.)” said lead study author Wei Sun, in a statement. In a surprising reversal of policy, reminiscent of the 2001 ban of Bush administration on embryonic stem cell funding, the federal government has issued a notice on September 23 that said it would halt funding chimera research while it deliberated future policy. This 3D printed embryoid body demonstrated cell viability and rapid self-renewal for 7 days by maintaining high pluripotency. “In the longer term, we’d like to produce controlled heterogeneous embryonic bodies”, Sun said in the press release. Culture Wars Drove Some States to Fund Stem Cell Research It wasn’t what President George W. Bush had in mind. In 2001, Bush restricted the use of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, giving conservatives what looked like a major victory in the nation’s culture wars.
Stem Med is a new wholly owned Stem Med Cellular Laboratory equipped with ISO Class 5, Class 6 and Class 8 clean rooms to perform sophisticated laboratory cell processing and culturing.
A team of scientists from Beijing’s Tsinghua University have reportedly devised a means of producing uniform embryonic stem cells with a 3D printer.
The research was striving to grow human organs in animals, known as “chimeras”, following the hybrid creatures in Greek mythology. Furthermore, they hope to determine how changing the size would result in the manufacture of different cell types. By bailing on such experiments, the letter argues, NIH “poses a threat to progress”, strangling research that “has tremendous promise” for developmental biology (understanding how embryos develop) and regenerative medicine (providing cells, tissues, or organs to treat diseases).
“Two other common methods of printing these cells are either two-dimensional (in a petri dish) or via the “suspension” method (where a “stalagmite” of cells is built up by material being dropped via gravity.)” said lead study author Wei Sun, in a statement.
In a surprising reversal of policy, reminiscent of the 2001 ban of Bush administration on embryonic stem cell funding, the federal government has issued a notice on September 23 that said it would halt funding chimera research while it deliberated future policy. This 3D printed embryoid body demonstrated cell viability and rapid self-renewal for 7 days by maintaining high pluripotency. “In the longer term, we’d like to produce controlled heterogeneous embryonic bodies”, Sun said in the press release.
It wasn’t what President George W. Bush had in mind. In 2001, Bush restricted the use of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, giving conservatives what looked like a major victory in the nation’s culture wars.
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