Indian scientists claim advance in stem cell research.

Two Indian researchers have taken regenerative medicine research several steps forward by independently establishing the presence of adult stem cells in the entire female genital tract and isolating them using non-invasive methods to develop cells of other organs.Kolhapur based gynaecologist Satish Patki and NCCS_PUNE senior scientist Ramesh Bhonde-are now planning to file a patent.Thet said Medical Hypotheses a reputed journal published in US by Elsevier,has accepted their findings for publication.Elsevier is the world's largest publisher of medical and scientific data.Patki and Bhonde told newspersons in Kolhapur that they have also demonstrated that stem cells could be obtained from the female genital tract by using non-surgical methods.