Biomedical engineering students at Johns Hopkins have shown how to make sutures containing the patient's own adult stem cells to promote quicker healing:
"Using sutures that carry stems cells to the injury site would not change the way surgeons repair the injury," said Matt Rubashkin, the student team leader, "but we believe the stem cells will significantly speed up and improve the healing process. And because the stem cells will come from the patient, there should be no rejection problems."
Students Embed Stem Cells in Sutures to Enhance Healing
(via Medgadget)
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