Stem Cell Medical Triumph - NOT Embryonic
The Amazing Human Body
Physicians at four European universities have successfully transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s own bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune system, according to an article in the British medical journal The Lancet.
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Source: New York Times
Note: Stem cells do not need to be harvested from embryos. Success stories such as this should not be buried by publications like the New York Times. They should be heralded on the front page.
Physicians at four European universities have successfully transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s own bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune system, according to an article in the British medical journal The Lancet.
Read More...
Source: New York Times
Note: Stem cells do not need to be harvested from embryos. Success stories such as this should not be buried by publications like the New York Times. They should be heralded on the front page.
posted by Kathy at 11/19/2008 07:17:00 PM
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