Speaking on Stem Cell Awareness Day, lead researcher, Polani B. Seshagiri said that researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have cultivated cardiac cells from stem cells, and that the cardiac cells so developed exhibited properties and functions identical to the original cardiac cell.
Nazeer Ahmed, deputy drug controller of the state of Karnataka, said that the state health authorities are in the process of developing a regulatory framework to nurture stem cell research.