Source: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Date: June 23, 2005
Summary:
In a ground-breaking study, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have discovered that adult, or post- natal, stem cells have the same ability as embryonic stem cells to multiply, a previously unknown characteristic indicating that post-natal stem cells may play an important therapeutic role. Researchers were able to expand post-natal stem cells to a population level comparable to that reached by researchers using embryonic stem cells.
