Harvard Stem Cells Favored Over Those Produced With U.S. Funds

Source: Bloomberg.com

Embryonic stem cells created at Harvard University are being used three times more often than those from the National Stem Cell Bank, the largest source of cells that can be studied using U.S. research grants.

Since 2003, 667 stem cell batches were sent to other labs from Harvard, the biggest private supplier in the U.S. That compares with 246 sent by the cell bank, the main distributor of cells approved by President George W. Bush. The U.S. is providing $38 million in 2006 for research that can only be used to study older cells like those stored at the bank. To read more, click here. 

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