Sweet news for stem cell’s ‘Holy Grail’

February 28, 2013

Researchers at the University of Manchester’s School of Materials and Faculty of Life Sciences have developed a web-like scaffold, coated with long-sugar molecules, that enhances stem-cell cultures to [become particular cell types]. The scaffold is formed by a process known as ‘electrospinning’, creating a mesh of fibres that mimic structures that occur naturally within the body. (Science Daily)