Therapeutic uses of stem cells include leukemia treatment (bone marrow transplants), spinal cord repairs for paraplegia, islet cell replacement for diabetes type I, and skin grafts for burn victims.
Therapeutic uses of stem cells include leukemia treatment (bone marrow transplants), spinal cord repairs for paraplegia, islet cell replacement for diabetes type I, and skin grafts for burn victims.
| Front | therapeutic stem cell uses |
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| Back | leukemia (bone marrow transplants), paraplegia (spinal cord repairs), diabetes I (islet cell replacement), burn victims (skin grafts) |
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