Active parents raise active children, and kids follow suit when parents increasing their own activity levels, a new study shows. The work suggests that parents can combat inactivity in their kids by first looking at how much exercise they themselves get every day. Parents concerned about their children’s slothful ways can do something about it,… [Continue Reading]
Stem Cells Used to Create Facial Bone Tissue for Potential Transplants
August 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stem cells, if convinced in the laboratory to become certain kinds of adult cells or organs, may be a powerful tool to generate tissues for transplant. Researchers have now performed clinical trials using bone tissue grown from stem cells for transplant into the jaw, with encouraging results. In the first human study of its kind,… [Continue Reading]