Florida State University

Florida researcher's device grows quantities of adult stem cells for research

Published in Medical Device Law Weekly, December 4th, 2005

A single cell with the potential to repair damaged heart muscle tissue, regenerate injured bone, create new cartilage or skin, even reverse nerve damage: Human stem cells offer tremendous hope for the development of revolutionary medical treatments for these and a variety of other human health problems.

Up until now, however, stem cell research has been slowed by ethical controversy - as well as by the rarity of the extraordinary cells themselves.

That could be about to change: A Florida State University research team in Tallahassee, Florida, reports that it has designed a biomedical device that will allow stem cells derived from adult bone marrow to...

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