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Climber's leg saved by stem cell |
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17-Dec-2009 9:21:40 AM
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Had to share this article and save it for posterity/when I break my leg
http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=407253
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17-Dec-2009 12:39:32 PM
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Great story, both because it sounds like he'll be up and climbing again and also for stem cell break throughs. Nice one.
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17-Dec-2009 1:24:57 PM
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I think that it has been know for quite some time how to create test tube bone cells from stem cells. The technological breakthrough here is the combination with the paste product to form a bone-like composition that is suitably strong.
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17-Dec-2009 1:38:04 PM
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It is all fun and climbing games till one day his new bone sprouts a head and tries to sport
climb.
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