Source: Raleigh News & Observer
Published: June 17, 2008 12:30 AM Modified: June 17, 2008 05:23 AM
Summary:
The Raleigh News & Observer reports researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made progress in using adult bone marrow stem cells to heal broken bones and bone fractures:
"Medical researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill announced Monday that they have made strides in the technology to rebuild damaged bone tissue using stem cells. The research team, led by Dr. Anna Spagnoli, an associate professor of pediatrics at UNC-CH, derived the stem cells from bone marrow samples to locate and repair broken bones in mice. Now the work is poised to move to humans."
