New type of stem cells coaxed into heart tissue
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 15:28
in Biology & Nature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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