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July 15, 2015

Success rate in use of adult stem cells 'staggering,' says researcher

A biological manufacturing analyst at Stemnion, holds a cryovial Sept. 23, 2010 inside the "clean room" at the new facility in Clearwater, Fla. The Pittsburgh-based regenerative medicine company opened the Florida lab near a Catholic hospital where placentas are donated for use in adult stem-cell research.

Adult stem cells, easily harvested from human bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and fat tissue, have a successful track record in treatments for more than 90 medical conditions and diseases, including sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma cancer and damaged heart tissue.

Published in International