This stuff comes over the transom all of the time, so I thought I’d share some of it with y’all.
Israeli scientists report that umbilical cord blood stem cells can rejuvenate heart tissue.
Adult stem cell therapy quickly and significantly improves recovery of motor function in an animal model for a type of brain injury that occurs in about 10 percent of babies with cerebral palsy.
Heart failure patient treated with her own stem cells shows dramatic improvement.
Donor bone stem cells help grow new bone.
Bone marrow stem cells generate muscle cells and repair muscle degeneration.
Hat tip: Richard Doerflinger.
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