Sunday, March 26, 2006

Scientists cultivate new stem cell source

Source: Tribune News Services
Date: March 26, 2006

GERMANY -- Scientists retrieved easily obtained cells from the testes of male mice and transformed them into what appear to be embryonic stem cells, the versatile and medically promising biological building blocks that can morph into all kinds of living tissues. If similar cells exist in the testes of men, then it may not be difficult to grow them into new tissues and transplant those tissues into the ailing organs of men who donated the cells.

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