Social Scientists Study Impact of Human Adult Stem Cell Research

Social Scientists Study Impact of Human Adult Stem Cell Research
Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:44:00 -0500

New research says studying both adult and embryonic stem cells can benefit medical science, but banning the study of either type could harm studies of the other.

Researchers from the University of Michigan, Stanford University and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. recently investigated whether the increased number of studies with a certain type of adult stem cell has changed the overall course of research in the field.

The researchers analyzed more than 2,000 scientific papers ...

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