(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji (R), director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences of Kyoto University, gives a press conference May 27. He said his institute has cultivated Japan's first embryonic stem (ES) cells that have the potential to grow into nerve and organ tissue. The institute hopes to distribute the cells for free to research facilities nationwide.

Kyoto University gets OK for 1st Japan-made stem cells

Kyoto University gets OK for 1st Japan-made stem cells

TOKYO, Japan - Members of an ethics committee for Kyoto University meet in Tokyo on Nov. 4. They approved a professor's proposal to study creating embryonic stem cells from fertilized human ova, making the university the first Japanese institute to launch such a research.

Kyoto University gets OK for 1st Japan-made stem cells

Kyoto University gets OK for 1st Japan-made stem cells

TOKYO, Japan - Members of an ethics committee for Kyoto University meet in Tokyo on Nov. 4. They approved a professor's proposal to study creating embryonic stem cells from fertilized human ova, making the university the first Japanese institute to launch such a research.

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

(1)Kyoto University institute grows Japan's first ES cells

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji (R), director of the Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences of Kyoto University, gives a press conference May 27. He said his institute has cultivated Japan's first embryonic stem (ES) cells that have the potential to grow into nerve and organ tissue. The institute hopes to distribute the cells for free to research facilities nationwide. (Kyodo)