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Article: Development Moving Forward In Non-Embryonic Stem Cells.
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- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- November 3, 2009
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Staff Writer
CHICAGO - The final day of the BIO 2006 Convention dawned warm and sunny, and inside the air-conditioned McCormick Place convention center, attendees strolled through the halls to sit through a few more panel discussions and take one last trek through the exhibit hall.
Inside a fourth-floor meeting room Wednesday, panelists gathered for a discussion on the use of non-embryonic stem cells, derived from various sources, including bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and adipose tissue, and highlighted promising early data in the area of cardiovascular disease.
While most of the media attention has focused on the controversial use of ...