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5 Patients Get Nose Reconstruction With Cartilage Grown From Their Own Cells
Description: The first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory has been performed. The cartilage was grown from the patient's own adult stem cells and the technique was used with five patients, aged 76 to 88 years, with severe defects on their nose after skin cancer surgery. [Source: Science 2.0]
URL: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/5_patients_get_nose_reconstruction_with_cartilage_grown_from_their_own_cells-133995
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Source: Science 2.0
Publish Date: 4/10/2014
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