“Stem cells isolated from adult breast tissue” – CTV.ca, Jan 5 2006 “California ‘backs’ stem cell move” – BBC, Nov 3 2005 “Two Studies Bolster Stem Cells’ Use in Fighting Disease” – Washington Post, Sept 27 2005 “Discredited Stem Cell Scientist Apologizes in South Korea” – New York Times, Jan 12 2006 Almost every other day we hear or read something related to stem cell research, may it be scientific, political, or economical, from news reports or newspapers. It seems that stem cell research has become an extremely popular field of study – and not without good cause. First of…
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By theresaliao
Theresa Liao is a PhD student in the experimental medicine program. She is currently working in the Ike Barber Human Islet Transplant Laboratory, part of the clinical islet transplantation program. Her PhD project is on the isolation and purification of pancreatic progenitor cells. She has been a UBC Let's Talk Science Partnership Program volunteer for 2 years.