New Discovery in Stem Cell Research

[DaShen]

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/07/science/07cell.html

It was in today's NYTimes! Pretty cool. It has a lot of implications.

 

[George P Burdell]

Looks interesting.

Because a picture speaks a thousand words

 

[Auggie]

Very cool work.

/digression: You see, precociously clamoring for embryo destructive stem-cell isolation methods might not just immoral, but also disengenuous - we keep finding more and more ways to make cells that don't come from killed embryos to do very interesting things.

 

[DaShen]

I guess it is a moral victory as well as a discovery.

 

[randumb]

I like this description in the picture: "Cells that absorb all four genes are somehow converted to stem cells."

 

[nonameo]

I'd be worried about the longetivity of the new organs created from those cells.

edit: but sure as hell beats nothing at all.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: randumb
I like this description in the picture: "Cells that absorb all four genes are somehow converted to stem cells."

Just because we don't yet understand the process doesn't mean that the technique doesn't work. Take antidepressants for example. Scientists still don't understand how they work, just that they do.