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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Generally stem cell cultures these days are sourced once then replicated forever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 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.