• emmanuel_car
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    48 months ago

    That’s pretty incredible, with no noticeable degradation between replications? I know very little about stem cell cultures.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      There’d have to be some degradation over time. Unless they’re repairing the DNA using computerized backups or something.

      • Kata1yst
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        78 months ago

        The stem cells themselves are self-repairing and self replicating. Quoting Wikipedia:

        Due to the self-renewal capacity of stem cells, a stem cell line can be cultured in vitro indefinitely.

        Currently all embryonic stem cell research and therapies in the US are conducted using only 486 cultures.