ââ?¬Â¢ Announcement: University of Wisconsin-Madison will be the site for the nation’s first stem cell bank, which will house all stem cell lines available for federal funding.
ââ?¬Â¢ Goal: The bank’s goal is to reduce the costs researchers pay for the cells while monitoring their quality.
ââ?¬Â¢ Reaction: “Everybody has understood that banking is crucial to moving the field forward. This is a concrete step and we’re doing it first,” said UW-Madison bioethicist Alta Charo.