Growing Prostates from Adult Stem Cells -- But Who Would Want One?

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 18:28 in Health & Medicine

Researchers report today that they grew prostate glands--important for reproduction in male mammals--in mice using a single stem cell transplanted from the prostates of donor mice. The findings may pave the way to new therapies for prostate cancer, which strikes one in six men in the U.S. [More]

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