Invitrogen Licenses Neural Stem Cell Line from Buck Institute

Jul 30, 2008

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - Invitrogen said today that it has licensed an engineered neural stem cell line from the Buck Institute for Age Research.

Invitrogen said that the stem cell line, BG01 Olig2-GFP, has been engineered to track the Olig2 gene, which controls a protein that maintains a neural stem cell's ability to replicate early in brain development, and then directs it to form a particular type of neural cell.

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