Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Stem Cells Correct Defect in Child’s Fatal Skin Disease

Source: Columbia University Medical Center
Date: June 3, 2008

Summary;

Researchers and clinicians have paved the way toward a cure for a young boy's genetic and fatal skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant.