Stem Cells Made from Skin Grow New Bone in Monkeys for the First Time

May 16, 2014

(Healthline) – Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to grow new bone from stem cells made from an animal’s own skin cells. While this is not the first successful stem cell therapy tested on animals closely related to humans, it offers another potential source of stem cells for transplantation—the individual’s own adult cells.