Umbilical Cord Could Be New Source Of Plentiful Stem Cells, Say Pitt Researchers (Medical News Today)

December 18th, 2009 by admin

Stem cells that could one day provide therapeutic options for muscle and bone disorders can be easily harvested from the tissue of the umbilical cord, just as the blood that goes through it provides precursor cells to treat some blood disorders, said University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in the online version of the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. Umbilical cord …







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