When asked how far away the first applications might be, Prof Pedersen said: "We're talking five years. Those would be very early studies that involve a human individual. I think we can envisage larger scale clinical trials occurring within a decade."
June 27, 2007
New Mice stem cells mean 10 years to large clinical trials
"Finding a type of mouse stem that so closely resembles the human stem cells will accelerate the delivery of health benefits from stem cell research."