sentences:  She now leads the "Stamcel Instituut te Leuven" (SCIL, Stem Cell Institute Leuven) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven, Belgium.She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Itinera Institute think-tank.The report on the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate to different cell types was immediately sensational in scientific circles given that it was the first report of adult-derived stem cells to have properties previously ascribed to embryonic stem cell only.