Heart valves grown from womb fluid cells
16th Nov 2006, 18:34 GMT
Scientists for the first time have grown human heart valves using stem cells from the fluid that cushions babies in the womb - offering a revolutionary approach that may be used to repair defective hearts in the future.
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