Bone Marrow Alternative: Stem Cells From Umbilical Cord May Be U...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 07/04/2008 - 18:15

Researchers from the Universities of Granada and León have shown that mononuclear blood cells from human umbilical cord can be an effective alternative to bone marrow.

This work, to be published in the journal Cell Transplantation, could potentially mean a great advance in regenerative hepatic medicine.


 

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