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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. FP again by eosp · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP...hahaha

  2. Re:what i really want... by GundamFan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude... if you get that to work grow me a 24" wide screen!

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    I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
    Mark Twain
  3. Re:what i really want... by chengmi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What? 24" is nothing. How about a Dell 30" Widescreen LCD?

  4. Re:what i really want... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    apple's better

  5. Screen savers.. by Prince+Lorak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sounds like you could do some pretty cool stuff with screen savers.

  6. Obl Anime Ref by SinGunner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But when can they get it to grow my S2 organ?