EXCITING ADULT STEM CELL RESEARCH FINDINGS PUBLISHED
Campaign Life says new findings should mandate changes to Canadian Bill C-56 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Adult stem cells may be versatile enough to derive a host of specialized cells for research purposes, according to findings by researchers at the University of Minnesota published in the journal Nature. Dr. Catherine Verfaillie and her team at the university's Stem Cell Institute injected single cells into mouse embryos. When the mice were checked after birth, descendants of the injected cells managed to engraft themselves into brain, retina, lung, heart, muscle, liver, intestine, kidney, spleen, marrow and skin tissue. In […]
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