The state’s 2005 law promoting stem-cell research has begun paying dividends, according to state officials who announced Wednesday that University of Connecticut scientists have developed two kinds of human embryonic stem cells.
The cells — called CT1 and CT2 and created as part of the state’s 10-year, $100 million commitment to stem cell science — will be given away to researchers for nominal fees to study their potential for medical uses.
UConn joins the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University and the University of California at San Francisco among institutions that have developed lines of human embryonic stem cells.