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Using Liquid Crystals to Guide Stem Cells

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the building-hearts-and-minds dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to control the differentiation of embryonic stem cells, Wisconsin researchers say. By using the crystals to mechanically strain the cells, they can prevent the indiscriminate (and unwanted) differentiation common in embryonic stem cell research and therapy. So when you want a bone cell, say, you don't end up with one from the kidney."

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  1. Science? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds more like black voodoo magic wizardry to me. If God wants it to be a bone cell, they by His name, it will be a bone cell.

  2. what i really want... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is to grow a new 19' LCD monitor. can we do that? No? Oh screw Bush and his policies