Sunday, May 27, 2007

Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin

Umbilical cord cells could produce insulin: study (Reuters)

An ampoule containing a medium for stem cell storage is displayed in front of a microscopic photograph showing a human embryonic stem cell at the UK Stem Cell Bank in London, May 19, 2004. Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday. (Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters)Reuters - Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.


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