Russian geneticists succeeded in growing analogues of human eye tissues from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory.
      
      Growing process takes about three-four months. Geneticists also developed a technology for turning embryonic stem cells into endothelium functional cells, which are known to form human blood supply, and cardiomyocytes – cells of a cardiac muscle. The laboratory already has 12 stem cell lines out of 13, which are in Russia.
      
      Research of human stem cells in Russia is very difficult, scientists say, since there is in fact no legal permission for clinical trials of technologies, which have something to do with transplantation of embryonic stem cells. The only thing, allowed doing with stem cells in Russia, is creating personal and donor storages for these cells.
      
      Source: Science & Technology