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Patients’ own stem cells can be used to grow new bones, study shows – News-Medical.net
A new, groundbreaking study from the University of Bergen shows that a patients’ own stem cells can be used to grow new bone.

A new, groundbreaking study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that a patients’ own stem cells can be used to grow new bone. This can potentially help millions of people who are partially edentulous and have insufficient bone for placement of dental implants.
The Maxibone Project, coordinated by Pierre Layrolle, Inserm, University of Nantes, France and Kamal Mustafa, UiB, Norway, is now launched. This trial is among a few ongoing randomized, controlled trials using mesenchymal stem cell….
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