Gov. Jim Doyle and stem-cell expert Dr. Stephen Minger discussed global stem-cell research and Wisconsin's important role Thursday at King's College in London.
Lee Sensenbrenner, spokesperson for Doyle, said the meeting with Minger helped Wisconsin's center of stem-cell research strengthen bonds with the few other research centers like it.
According to a statement, Minger was part of the first team to successfully grow stem cells in the United Kingdom.
Wisconsin has made several developments in the past few years, including a breakthrough discovery this past November of a technique that causes skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells.
Doyle said in a statement Wisconsin's progress in the field of stem-cell research will be on display at the 2008 World Stem Cell Summit, which is to be held in Madison on September 22-23.
This summit, which falls on the 10th anniversary of the first successful isolation and cultivation of a stem- cell line at UW-Madison, will draw a varied crowd of researchers, supporters, investors and industry leaders, according to the statement.
