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submitted 8 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Generally stem cell cultures these days are sourced once then replicated forever.

[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That’s pretty incredible, with no noticeable degradation between replications? I know very little about stem cell cultures.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There’d have to be some degradation over time. Unless they’re repairing the DNA using computerized backups or something.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

The stem cells themselves are self-repairing and self replicating. Quoting Wikipedia:

Due to the self-renewal capacity of stem cells, a stem cell line can be cultured in vitro indefinitely.

Currently all embryonic stem cell research and therapies in the US are conducted using only 486 cultures.