[Medical use, current and future, of human stem cells].
Since many years, the ability to harvest and then graft haematopoietic stem cells in man has allowed to treat with success several lethal diseases in haematology and oncology. Progress in cell biology recently made possible the obtention of human stem cells, particularly of embryonic origin which, theoretically, have all the potentialities of development. Therefore, in spite of other many obstacles still ahead, the perspective of using elements produced from such cells for therapeutic purpose seems closer.
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