BioTime Begins First total Database of Human Stem Cell Differentiations

BioTime Inc of Emeryville, California, a daughter company of Embryome Sciences, has launched an online database that aims to document and map all the different cells that were lab created out of human embryonic stem cells.

From the announcement:

In a paper published today [June 27, 2008] titled “The universal Embryome Initiative: A Collaborative Database for Navigating the Complexities of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation,” available online at www.futuremedicine.com/loi/rme, BioTime and Embryome Sciences describe the collaboration to map the “embryome” in a manner similar to the worldly initiatives to map the human DNA or genome in the

1990s. While the database launched today at Embryome.com is currently populated with nearly 2,000 distinct cell types, the total map will require the collective efforts of hundreds of scientists by the coming months.

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which is the funding arm of the $3 billion California stem cell initiative, has agreed to be the first subscriber to all features of the database on behalf of all researchers residing within the state of California.

Press release: BioTime, Inc. and Embryome Sciences, Inc. Launch Embryome.com and the worldly Embryome Initiative …

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