Source: BBC News
Posted: 19 October 2007, 23:48 GMT 00:48 UK
Summary:
BBC News reports British scientists have transformed stem cells from fat into nerve cells:
New nerves grown from stem cells taken from a patient's fat could be available by 2011, researchers have said. They could potentially be used to repair peripheral nerves left severed by surgery or accidents. Manchester University scientists plan to place the new nerve tissue inside a biodegradable plastic tube, which can be used to rejoin the two broken ends."
