Federal grant anchors Texas embryonic stem cell research

HOUSTON -- (September 4, 2007) -- An $8.7 million five-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences promises to kick-start research with human embryonic stem cells in Texas, involving scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, said its BCM principal investigator.

"We hope this will become a regional cornerstone for human embryonic stem cell research," said Dr. Margaret Goodell, professor of pediatrics and molecular and human genetics at BCM and director of the STaR Center . All stem cell lines used for the project will be those approved by the National Institutes of Health.

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"> Federal grant anchors Texas embryonic stem cell research</a> (Kimberlee Barbour, bcm.edu)