The general concept was to do cell transplants from either autograft, so from some place in your own body, or xenograft an animal, or a cadaver.

He predicts that, if it bears the weight of clinical trial testing, the team's technique could lead to the popularization of stem cell-related transplants in less specialized hospitals.

She said it could make bone marrow stem cell transplants an option for more patients, allowing doctors to collect and bank patients' own stem cells for use after high-dose chemotherapy.