£2m centre to boost stem cell research
The Roslin Cell Centre, to be set up in Edinburgh, will involve Edinburgh University, the Roslin Institute and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. It will build on the country's growing reputation as a centre of excellence for this branch of science, which holds the prospect of new treatments for brain diseases and for people paralysed by severe spinal cord injuries.
The centre, which will provide stem cell lines for research and therapy, will initially be based at Roslin - home of the world's first cloned adult mammal, Dolly the sheep - before relocating to the 600 million centre for biomedical research near the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at Little France.
A spokesman for Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian said the centre would "act as a catalyst for the future development of the stem cell sector".