Doctors Use Patient's Own Stem Cells to Grow Facial Bone
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 15:07
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first-of-its kind procedure, physicians have used stem cells taken from the fat tissue of a 14-year-old boy and combined them with growth protein and donor tissue to grow viable cheek bones in the teen.
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