The University of Connecticut Health Center has hired an expert on human embryonic stem cells and also has reached a tentative agreement to lease a Farmington building as headquarters of its new stem cell institute, university officials said Wednesday.
As soon as April, UConn scientists will be ready to work with human stem cell lines, including those ineligible to receive federal funding.
Overseeing the human stem cell effort will be Dr. Ren-He Xu, a senior scientist at the WiCell Research Institute, a private laboratory affiliated with the University of Wisconsin. WiCell creates human embryonic stem cell lines and distributes them to scientists nationally.