Researchers took adult stem cells from the bone marrow of mice with leg fractures, engineered them to express a potent bone regenerator, transplanted the treated cells back into the mice and observed that the mice had better healing than an untreated control group.
One of the researchers was due to present the findings at the Endocrine Society’s Annual Meeting on Monday.
Read the Times of India‘s report on using stem cells to treat fractures.
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