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Published online 19 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031215-11

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Instant stem cells - just add water

Dried cells could aid remote medicine.

Researchers are honing a technique to create dried stem cells that can be revived just by adding water. The 'instant' cells might make mobile therapies for remote regions or the battlefield.

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