Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 11:35 in Biology & Nature

The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, 13-17 December 2008 in San Francisco. The transplanted adult stem cell and its differentiated descendants restored lost function to mice with hind limb muscle tissue damage...

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