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Stem cell conference part two: How are motor neurones created from stem cells?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Creating motor neurones for research is a lengthy and expensive process, so Prof Kevin Eggan from Harvard University  Massachusetts, asked whether we can predict at an early stage which stem cell lines will be the most useful in generating the best quantities of motor neurones, saving time, effort and money. He has been developing a ‘scorecard’…

Mixing with the media

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s Friday afternoon and I’m just back from a press briefing in London, where we were unveiling an exciting new stem cell research programme. I’ve just realised that we’ve put a press embargo on until Monday, so this won’t be posted until Monday morning – otherwise I’ll be breaking our own embargo….. The press briefing…