Lab-grown pituitary glands offer hope

10 Nov 2011
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Scientists in Kobe, Japan have grown functioning pituitary glands in a lab. Using stem cells taken from a mouse embryo that were transplanted into mice with lowered pituitary gland function, the implanted glands raised the level of hormones missing in their bodies.

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