Adult Stem Cell Company Working With The Vatican Gets Two NIH Grants

NeoStem, a New York adult stem cell company that has partnered with the Vatican to increase awareness about adult stem cells, has been awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their work.NeoStem works with what they call VSELs (Very Small Embryonic Like cells) which are adult cells found in the bone marrow that seem to be pluripotent, or able to become most or all of the cell types in the body.One of the grants is to study the effect VSELs have on skin wounds in mice that mimic symptoms of scleroderma. Scleroderma is an auto immune disorder that attacks the skin and other organs making them harden. Over 300,000 Americans live with scleroderma. Continue reading at LifeNews>>
Source: Mary Meets Dolly - Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Tags: Stem cells, Adult Source Type: blogs