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Scientists are now investigating whether stem cells could be used to "re-boot" the immune system and provide a cure for Crohn's Disease. In 2007 a major clinical trial to find out whether stem cells taken from a sufferer's own body could provide effective long-term remission. Stem cells hold a potential solution to this problem. As the body's "master" cells, which can be directed to form any type of tissue, they will be extracted from the patient and then re-established in their bone marrow to 're-boot' the immune system, taking it back to a state before Crohn's symptoms occurred. Exciting times for thousands of sufferers.

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What are 3 important uses for stem cells?

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