Osiris Therapeutics, in Baltimore, Maryland, is testing stem cells from bone to treat patients whose bones have been damaged by chemotherapy.

ECONOMIST: Stem cells

Now, the pharmaceutical industry is increasingly adopting stem cells for testing the toxicity of drugs and identifying potential new therapies, say those in the field.

FORBES: Screening New Drugs With Stem Cells

Curis, a firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is building complex organs out of adult stem cells and testing them in patients with serious organ defects, such as bladder failure.

ECONOMIST: Stem cells