Recent Updates in Stem Cells Research

Stem Cells research has come a long way and this website has a few different articles about new recent discoveries.

In the first article researches have found that colon cancer originates from rare colon cancer stem cells and these cells are the driving force initiating the tumors. They say that based on this new discovery scientist can now begin to find unique properties of colon cancer stem cells.

Another later article announced 'the development of a process that converts human embryonic stem cells into insulin producing pancreatic endocrine cells.' With this new development there holds potential for new therapy for Type I diabetes patients.

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