Comment Did anyone actually read the paper? (Score 1) 104
Although it is possible to envision such wonderful things as being able to tell differentiated cells from pluripotent ones they haven't managed or even tried to do such a thing. They simply showed that Liquid crystals coated with Matragel (collagen more or less) were capable of sustaining stem cell growth. Not entirely surprising since Matragel is the only substrate capable of sustaining hESCs (other than mouse embryonic fibroblasts). It has potential but there is a good reason this paper is in Advanced Functional Materials and not Science.
"This has limitless scientific possibilities, which means one thing: We must keep Christians from finding out about it." -The Onion
"This has limitless scientific possibilities, which means one thing: We must keep Christians from finding out about it." -The Onion