Baby teeth could provide stem cells

Posted by Dan on Apr 22, 2003 @ 2:39 PM

Just like the primordial tissue from which all organs arise, the stem cells in baby teeth can transform themselves into nerve and fat cells in laboratory dishes, investigators said. In the future, stem cells plucked from a child's discarded molar could be frozen in cell banks to benefit its donor for decades.

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