International Stem Cell Corp. in Oceanside said it has a kind of scientific solution to the ongoing ethical and legal challenges facing stem cell research.
A technology that derives stem cells from unfertilized human eggs, unlike human embryonic stem cells produced from fertilized eggs, is promising to land the company in the scientific spotlight.
It says its technology, called parthenogenesis, eliminates the need to use fertilized embryos and results in the creation of human stem cell lines that have the ability to differentiate into almost every type of cell in the human body.
This is particularly valuable to scientists who see the potential for repairing human tissues and for treating spinal cord injuries and other debilitating conditions.
ISC’s chief scientist is Dr. Elena Revazova, a Russian-born researcher who first discovered how to gather cells from unfertilized human eggs in the company’s Moscow laboratories
We can all hope for the success of this effort. It deals with the problem of supply in adult stem cell research and helps with the ethical problem of Embryonic Stem Cell research.
Tags: Parthenogenesis, ESC, Stem Cells Dr. Elena Revanzova
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