Tiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children with autism or a condition that makes them hyper - sociable show intriguing differences (newscientist.com)
It's not clear whether donated stem cell transplants helped some Chernobyl workers survive; they received several different types of cells, and there was no control group, says bone marrow transplant expert David Weinstock of the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. (sciencemag.org)
«In theory, then, in some of these conditions it should be possible for healthy donated stem cells to outcompete native cells, without exposing patients to the toxic effects of radiation or alkylating agents.» (sciencedaily.com)