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December 19, 2013

New hope for stem cells, regenerative medicine emerges from the lab
London, UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2013
The Journal of Visualized Experiments, has published a novel technique that could resolve a snag in stem cell research for application in regenerative medicine-a strategy for reprograming cells in vivo to act like stem cells that forgoes the risk of causing tumors. Dr. Kostas Kostarelos, principal investigator of the Nanomedicine Lab at the University of Manchester, said that he and his colleagues have discovered a safe approach to reprogramming somatic cells (which constitute most of the cells in ... read more

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