Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Healing Bone with Stem Cells: New techniques to boost survival of adult stem cells could improve surgeries for severe fractures.

Source: Technology Review
Date: March 7, 2007

Summary:

MIT researchers have created a new tissue-engineering material that could help cells survive the harsh transplant environment--a key step in cell-transplant therapies. Scientists are now testing the material in animals to see how well it can help heal fractures.