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Byline: LYNNE LANGLEY Of The Post and Courier Staff
Stem cells for research and future medical treatment can come straight from the arm of a willing blood donor, according to Charleston and Columbia doctors who work with stem cells. The ethical issues that impregnate embryonic stem cell research don't cloud the efforts here. Bone marrow produces two types of stem cells, which also circulate in the blood, said Dr. Makio Ogawa, Medical University of South Carolina professor of medicine. One type makes blood and liver cells, and probably cells for other organs. A second type appears to make cells for the brain, muscle, bone, cartilage, blood vessels and probably other…