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Amniotic fluid may hold the key to healing a fatal gut disease which affects premature babies, doctors say.
Severe inflammation, called necrotizing enterocolitis, can destroy the gut's tissues and lead to major organ failure.
Early animal tests, published in the journal Gut, showed that stem cells inside amniotic fluid could heal some of the damage and increase survival.
Further tests are still needed before it is tried in premature babies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21900203
Severe inflammation, called necrotizing enterocolitis, can destroy the gut's tissues and lead to major organ failure.
Early animal tests, published in the journal Gut, showed that stem cells inside amniotic fluid could heal some of the damage and increase survival.
Further tests are still needed before it is tried in premature babies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21900203