Especially the report on mouse embryonic stem cells that could be manipulated to become the specialized parts of the pancreas responsible for regulating blood sugar levels was acclaimed as quantum leap in the efforts aiming at an effective treatment of diabetes. The pharmaceutical industry has entered or found itself dragged into the genomic era as a result of its efforts to achieve greater commercial successes. Genomics was said to be the driving force for the revolution of drug discovery. Stem cell research treated by the German media by Andreas Wellstein Harmless, innocent stem cells grow in simple plastic cartridges, in a few labs all over the world. One year ago perhaps hundred researchers discussed opportunities and future chances of stem cells.
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The international life science community is under pressure to get enough findings for their research. Today, science is involved in politics and markets. Already a hundred years ago universities worked in very close contact with industry, but today's dimension of privately financed research was unthinkable. Nowadays solid research would not be affordable if young biologists had to receive a fair salary for their work.