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| | STEM CELL THEORY / The Twin Solution / Where sharing DNA, specifically stem cells, serves to ward off a twin's bone ... |
 | | The stem cells found in the human ovum are embryonic stem cells, which are even more immature and less differentiated than hematopoietic stem cells, which promote the formation of blood cells. |
 | | If no independent donor can be found, cancer patients donate their own stem cells, which can be manipulated and processed to remove cancer cells, and then transplanted back into the patient. |
 | | High-dose therapy, as it is known, kills all cells that form newly reproducing elements of the body -- not only bone marrow but hair, fingernails, semen, saliva and blood cells that reproduce to fight disease. |
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