And Dickens would have been on the Internet like a pike on a minnow.
Scientists use stem cells to create bone in mice .
Scientists in Britain said Wednesday they had created bone cells from embryonic stem cells in mice in an achievement that could accelerate new treatments for osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Stem cells are master cells in the body that can generate most of the 200 cell types in the human body. They offer scientists the potential to repair and regenerate tissues and organs.