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Cancer
Stem cells speed growth of healthy liver tissue
April 10th, 2007
For the first time, researchers have used adult bone marrow stem cells to regenerate healthy human liver tissue, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. When large, fast-growing cancers invade the liver, some patients are unable to undergo surgery, because removing the cancerous tissue would leave too little liver to support the body. Researchers at Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, Germany, used adult bone marrow stem cells to help quickly regenerate healthy liver tissue, enabling patients to eventually undergo a surgical resection. “Our study suggests that liver stem cells harvested from the patient’s own...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2007-04-10)
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