Experts said the findings could be important for future research into brain cell repair in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and, importantly, that studies in mice would be applicable to humans.

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Cherries are full of vitamins and antioxidants that help repair cell damage, low in calories and have been shown to fight heart disease and cancer.

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Asif Noorani, the founder of Dr. Cell Phone, a chain of repair shops in Texas, has also seen one iPad.

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Animal tests, described in the journal Cell Stem Cell, have now used modified skin cells to repair the insulation.

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To direct them, the power companies put some of their office workers out in the field, where cell-phones were used to co-ordinate repair work.

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To repair complex or oddly shaped tissue defects, an injectable cell carrier is desirable to achieve accurate fit and to minimize surgery, he says.

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But if a cell divides before the damage is repaired, the chance of a successful repair is significantly reduced.

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Cells have ways to repair such mutations, but in this case, when the cell repairs the DNA, it is left unmethylated and the cell's memory of the gene's 'off' status is lost.

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As the source of every cell, tissue and organ in the body, their medical application has the potential to repair damaged tissue, regrow internal organs and cure currently incurable diseases like cystic fibrosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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