New Horizon in Stem Cell Research

ziggy on 2003-04-23T13:28:55

SciAm reports on a new, uncontroversial source of stem cells: baby teeth (after they fall out, of course).

The proposed technical term for these stem cells is SHED: stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth. (Somehow, the terms exfoliated and deciduous make it sound much more complicated.)