Caution on stem cell therapy

Sunday, June 8, 2008 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

A single organ may contain more than one type of adult stem cell - a discovery that complicates prospects for using the versatile cells to replace damaged tissue as a treatment for disease, according to a new study from the laboratory of geneticist Mario Capecchi, the University of Utah's Nobel Laureate.

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