Stem Cells to Replace Parathyroid Cells

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Channel: Yale University · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Our video series continues to feature the work of our funded investigators. In this latest video, Dr. Julie Ann Sosa explains how she and her colleagues are turning human embryonic stem cells into replacement parathyroid cells -- to address the debilitating calcium imbalance that results from the loss or injury of parathyroid glands -- a condition more common in women than men.

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