Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Amniotic Stem Cells Offer Hope Against Congenital Heart Defects

Source: HealthDay News
Posted: November 14, 2006

Summary:

If findings from a Swiss study are confirmed, doctors will be able to use a simple procedure to extract and use them to make a new heart valve, ready to to place in the baby as soon as it is born. The potential implications of the procedure could reveolutionize treatment for congenital heart defects using stem cells from the mother's amniotic fluid.

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