Mayo Clinic researchers are using stem cells from a patient’s FAT tissue to prevent inflammation and narrowing of vascular shunts used for hemodialysis. (Mayo Clinic News Network)

(Rochester, MN) Mayo Clinic researchers have addressed the narrowing of vascular shunts in patients with end-stage kidney disease by transplanting stem cells from the patient’s own fat tissue, which helped to prevent inflammation and narrowing of the vein.

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