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Published online 1 October 2008 | Nature 455, 586-588 (2008) | doi:10.1038/455586a

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Cell therapy: Being patient

Cell therapies are as much about the patients as they are about the cells. Monya Baker meets two stem-cell scientists who have decided to put people first.

The first time Christine Mummery encountered a human heart, she didn't like what she saw. The vessels were brittle with atherosclerosis and the tissue was mottled like a bruise.

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