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Montana State University’s Renee Reijo Pera: Using stem cells for good

At the end of our lives, we’d all like to "go out gracefully," says Renee Reijo Pera http://www.montana.edu/research/ .

That was her mother-in-law Edna’s wish before she died last year at age 93: to have at the end of her life a little money, the power to think straight and the ability to go to the bathroom by herself.

A scientist, Reijo Pera is searching for solutions for such human problems — to prevent degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson’s and to treat old-age incontinence — using the extraordinary science of stem cells.

Gail Schontzler, Chronicle Staff Writer

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