Scientists call up stem cell troops to repair the body using new drug combinations
Friday, January 9, 2009 - 11:22
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have tricked bone marrow into releasing extra adult stem cells into the bloodstream, a technique that they hope could one day be used to repair heart damage or mend a broken bone, in a new study published today in the journal Cell Stem Cell...
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