Friday, December 9, 2011

Create a Stem Cell Line - Interactive

http://www.edheads.org/activities/stem1/index.shtml


Human embryonic stem cell colony on mouse embryonic fibroblast feeder layer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell


1 comment:

David said...

This is an interesting interactive video. It’s strange to think about creating a stem cell line and selling it to researchers like a software program or a cell phone. It was interesting to learn about stem cells. I would like to learn more about how stem cells can help people. I didn’t know that stem cells could be frozen in liquid nitrogen for decades and still be alive after they are thawed. I also learned how important laboratory conditions and procedures are when you’re doing this experiment. You have to keep the lab clean and bacteria-free, and the incubator has to be at the right temperature, Ph, and humidity. If you’re not careful, you can easily ruin your culture. You also have to do multiple trials. You have to be patient because some of these experiments take a long time, and if you make a mistake, you may have to do your whole experiment over again.