It was attended by scientists from all over the world, including the tribes (allegedly) from South Korea
Top researchers using embryonic stem cells gathered at Yonsei University in Seoul last weekend for a two-day symposium where they shared their findings.
Among the participants - 21 scientists from five countries: USA, UK, Australia, Japan and South Korea. Among the scientists is also Prof. Moon Shin Jung from Seoul National University, who for the first time cloned an embryo for the purpose of producing embryonic stem cells, in 2003 together with his colleagues Huang Woo-suk, as well as Hal Brooksmeyer from Indiana University, who discovered the stem cells found in the bone marrow and which can become any type of blood, and transplanted such cells into leukemia patients in the late eighties.
Boxmeier, a well-known researcher in the field of blood cell production, gave a lecture on the mobility and homing of these stem cells and the cells that gave birth to them.
Stem cells, which have the ability to become any normal cell in the body or develop into tissues and organs, are currently attracting a lot of interest due to their healing potential but also attracting fire and debate about the use of human embryos.
This week researchers in the USA said that they found a way to produce stem cells without using human embryos.
