Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Amniotic Stem Cells Offer Hope Against Congenital Heart Defects

Source: HealthDay News
Date: November 14, 2006

Summary:

If findings from a new Swiss study are valid, in the future doctors will be able to use a simple procedure to treat congenital heart defects by extracting stem cells from the mother's amniotic fluid and use them to make a new heart valve, ready to place in the baby as soon as it is born.

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