Stem Cell Research

Company reports successful derivation of osteoblasts from hESCs

Published in Blood Weekly, August 7th, 2003

Geron Corp. (GERN) announced the publication of research results that advance the breadth of applications for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in regenerative medicine.

Research funded by Geron in the laboratory of Dr. Jim McWhir and colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland demonstrates that osteoblasts (bone-forming cells) can be derived in vitro from hESCs. Such hESC-derived osteoblasts have potential applications in orthopedic tissue repair and in the treatment of osteoporosis.

The research was published in the summer 2003 issue of Cloning and Stem Cells.

The published study demonstrates that hESCs,...

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