UMass Launches Stem Cell Bank

UMass Medical School has launched a new stem cell bank, thanks to a 7-million-dollar grant from the state. The goal is to have more than 100 different types of stem cells in the bank in the coming years.

UMass Medical school has ambitions to be an internationally-recognized depository for different types of stem cells according to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette.

The UMass bank, with the ambition to be an international repository, is part of an operation that includes a stem cell registry, an online collection of information about known stem cell lines around the world. Yet the bank will not be the only entity seeking to serve stem cell researchers.

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