Stem Cells from Fat Used to Grow Teen's Missing Facial Bones
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 10:07
in Health & Medicine
Stem cells so far have been used to mend tissues ranging from damaged hearts to collapsed tracheas . Now the multifaceted cells have proved successful at regrowing bone in humans. In the first procedure of its kind, doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center replaced a 14-year-old boy's missing cheekbones--in part by repurposing stem cells from his own body. [More] ...
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