Posted by
EFuller on Monday, April 02, 2007 8:35:06 PM
A British firm has grown a human heart valve from stem cells. The interesting thing is no where in the article does it credit embryonic or adult stem cell research. But a close examination reveals the technique uses adult stem cells:
Growing a suitably-sized piece of tissue from a patient's own stem cells would take around a month but he said that most people would not need such individualised treatment. A store of ready-grown tissue made from a wide variety of stem cells could provide good matches for the majority of the population.