Collection: Medicine in the Americas, 1610-1920 Author(s): Cumston, Charles Greene, 1868-1927 Contributor(s): Cambridge Medical Improvement Society. Publication: [Philadelphia? : s.n., 1899?] Language
The regenerative capacities of an organ rely on the presence of (adult) tissue-specific stem cells. With regards to the thyroid gland, the existence of adult stem cells remains a topic of controversy.