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Artificial embryonic stem cells tested in people for first time

27 November 2017

A type of “virgin birth” stem cell could be as powerful as embryonic stem cells but without the same ethical objections, and are being tested for Parkinson’s
Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

23 November 2017

Making cells magnetic allows them to be injected into a damaged heart and kept in place using a magnet, allowing them time to fuse with the heart rather than drift away

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