Stem Cells - Breaking Through the Boundaries

From: The Jerusalem Report | Date: September 17, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Israeli scientists are attempting to unlock one of the most promising medical secrets, coaxing stem cells into replacing damaged human tissue

White dominates: White lab coats and centrifuges, white lettering on glass doors, whiteboards instead of old-school blackboards. White reflected in the beakers and test tubes. Inside those vessels, multicolored liquids that may hold the secrets to one of the most dramatic advances ever made in medical science.

Inside the new stem-cell research unit in the Silberman Life Sciences building of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, a young woman calls out "Come ...

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