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Wes
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Inside THE BOX
Insane since: May 2000

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 00:54 Edit Quote
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Two teams of scientists are reporting today that they turned human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without having to make or destroy an embryo ...



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/science/21stem.html?ref=science

The research has a ways to go, but could be a new breakthrough in stem-cell technology.

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 12:36 Edit Quote

It is not only a new breakthrough in stem-cell technology, but also shows the way towards human cloning.

Personally, I found the breakthrough to be fascinating.

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

IP logged posted posted 11-21-2007 16:00 Edit Quote

I see it as a massive advance, not just in the area of stem-cell research and tissue cloning, but in the realm of gene therapy. The use of retro-viruses for genetic manipulation has always captivated me; this seems like a wonderful extension of that technology.



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