MONTERREY, Mexico, June 26, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon has opened a medical center aimed at providing stem cell therapy to those who could normally not afford the costly therapy. David Gomez, head of the facility at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon’s medical center, told EFE news that he uses only stem cells from placentas and umbilical cords, not those taken from human embryos requiring their destruction. EFE reports that the center is processing some 20 umbilical cords per month, which are frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored in a “bank” from which the extracted stem cells can be used for therapy or research, the latter being a field in which the university hopes to excel.
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