Stem Cell Incontinence Cure

Austrian scientists have cured incontinence in a group of women using stem
cells taken from their own arm muscles. The cells were extracted and
cultured then implanted into urethra tissue. After one year, 18 out of 20
patients were still continent. [Medical News Today, 30 November]

 SPUC Nov 30, 2004

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RARTL Updated October, 2004