David Bishop

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British scientists have developed a stem cell technique which is being used by patients to avoid hip replacements, in a major medical breakthrough.
A patient’s stem cells was used to rejuvenate his dead hip bone, using purified cells from bone marrow extracted from the back of his pelvis. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Doctors in Southampton are using the pioneering technique, where a patient’s damaged bones are repaired using their own stem cells.
Patients hailed the treatment, after many found they could walk normally again without any pain and without the need for hip replacement surgery.

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