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Article: Adult stem cells can grow into any cell, studies show.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2002
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Byline: Sue Goetinck Ambrose
DALLAS _ Children and adults possess a kind of cell that may be able to grow into more types of tissue than previously thought possible, opening new avenues for treating disease, scientists reported Thursday.
If the new research progresses as hoped, then one day patients may be able to supply cells to repair their own ailing liver, heart, brain and many other tissues.
At a news conference in Minneapolis, University of Minnesota researchers described mature cells that seem the most similar yet to embryonic stem cells, which can develop into every type of tissue in the body. Scientists believe that embryonic stem cells ...