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This is "Impact" from the University of California Merced.
This laboratory research at UC Merced is a bit like medical detective work, unlocking
the mystery of using stem cells to regenerate tissue and make dramatic improvements in treating
disease.
We can then start to understand that process, and by understanding that process, be able
to control it.
Stem cells have the capacity to be manipulated and transformed into regenerative tissue for
damaged hearts or other organs.
So it's something that we're taking from the bench to the lab and it's going to be applicable.
We're going to be putting it into, it's going to go into the hospitals.
Students and faculty members here have been aided in their research with a new stem cell
instrumentation foundry, saving research time and money.
With the stem cell foundry, we'll be able to miniaturize the experiments saving material,
allowing us to also follow cells independently and see how they develop in real time.
Unlocking those chemical and genetic codes will deliver important answers.
How do you take this single cell type and drive it towards making a heart or do you
make a liver. Do you make, you know, a vein or an artery?
As we're pushing the limits of technology, I think we would be able to facilitate the
finding of the answers. That is my ultimate dream. And that is why I get out of bed every
morning to come to the lab and work.
This is Eric Alvarez Reporting. For more news about the University of California, Merced,
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