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Stem Cells From Teeth

Health & Wellness (tags: health, Stem Cells, Teeth, research, study, science, prevention, healthcare, interesting )

Dee
- 188 days ago - capitalnews9.com

"You can make liver. You can make pancreas. You can make bone. Therefore you can make neuro cells. You can make heart cells," said Dr. Robert Carpenter Yes, he said make a liver make a heart. From what? Stem cells from your teeth.

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Dee C. (513)

Sunday May 31, 2009, 10:20 pm
""We recently discovered that adult stem cells that don't have the controversy related to it like embryonic cells have the ability to regenerate and treat a number of illnesses and injuries," Carpenter said.

Stem cells are being studied to affect other disease like diabetes, kidney problems; liver problems even Parkinson’s disease. It's in human clinical trials, and it is expected to be available within the next decade. Stem cells from teeth are proving much better than those from even bone marrow.

"With dental stem cells, since they are closely linked to bone and cartilage. It is easy to manipulate these immature cells into cartilage. They've actually in the laboratory, have made an exact human ACL,” said Carpenter."

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