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Scientists at Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland have found a second life for the afterbirth tissue. Placentas are an even richer source of blood stem cells than umbilical cord blood. The stem cells in placentas could be preserved for future
Scientists at Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland have found a second life for placentas. Annie Glausser reports.