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Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells

reuters.com — By Sami Torma HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen. Researchers said on...

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  • MrsSpooky, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5Here is the hope for medical miracles, and no lives need to be destroyed to get it!
  • KCLorelei39, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2AMEN!! Yet another success story using adult stem cells. This is much better than growing spare parts from embryonic cells.
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