New study refutes existence and clinical potential of very small embryonic-like stem cells

But their very existence is hotly debated, and a study appearing online on July 24th in the ISSCR's journal Stem Cell Reports , published by Cell Press, provides strong evidence against the existence of VSELs capable of turning into different cell types.

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