Coming Soon -- Stem-Cell Surgical Thread?
July 24, 2009

Non-embryonic stem cells, and this discovery is achieved by the private sector, not by the government.

(HealthDay News) -- A team of John Hopkins University undergraduates say they have found a way to quickly and easily embed a person's stem cells into surgical thread, a procedure they believe may help improve healing and prevent re-injury.

The 10 biomedical engineering students developed the procedure as part of a contest sponsored by a medical technology company trying to patent the concept as a way to help patients recover from major orthopedic injuries, such as ruptured ligaments and tendons.

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