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Ultimate Stem Cell Discovered

bofh31337 writes "Newscientist is reporting that the University of Minnesota has discovered a new stem cell in adults. It is thought this stem cell will be able to turn into any single tissue in the body." The article is kinda breathy, especially for New Scientist - but if this is true, which needs to be studied more, this will dramatically alter the landscape for stem cell research.

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  1. more killings? by Teflon+Coating · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    are you going to start killing adults now too?

    1. Re:more killings? by pclminion · · Score: 1, Flamebait
      This was the first post to the discussion, so I'm at risk of feeding a troll, but here goes:

      are you going to start killing adults now too?

      No, I believe we'll start healing them. Stem cells taken from your own body could be used (eventually) to produce entire new organs for transplantation. Nothing could be better than a transplant made of tissue from your own genetic makeup. This would be the end of anti-rejection drugs and the terrible lifestyles that some transplantees live.

      When will the Christians of the world wake up and realize that their "moral standards" are seriously fucked up?

  2. Rob Malda caught in circle jerk--kills self by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I just read this on a news site. It doesn't mention many details but says Slashdot's founder Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda (AKA Stewart Denton) has been found dead. Murdered himself after being caught in a circle jerk scandal with fellow Slashdot editors (using aliases). Whether or not you were a fan of his openly gay attitude and right wing political views, you cannot deny his contributions to the alternative sexuality community. As a memorial, he will be ass reamed one final time before his pasty white body is burried. It is indeed a black day as he will be sadly missed by his former turd-burglars (for The Turd Report). Truly a homo-geek icon.

    -Metrollica

  3. And now for another.. Southpark Moment by WndrBr3d · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    "Yes, I only need a few more aborted fetus' and my stem cells would have cloned me my own Shakeys Pizza !"

  4. good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    good, no more baby killing........now if can only stop abortion......

  5. And No Murder Required by Bob+Uhl · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    How interesting. A few months back various groups were crying out that the wholesale conception and killing of embryos was needed to cure them of their diseases, and that it was simply irresponsible to ask how they justified killing others to save themselves. And now we find that there are viable alternatives to mass-murder. Unfortunately, some embryos were already slain in the headlong rush for knowledge deprived of ethics--but at least no more need be.

    It would almost be amusing, were it not so deadly serious.

    Now we can get about the serious business of curing disease.

  6. ahahahhah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    your son sucks, ahahha

  7. PINOY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    As we've all come to notice, in the past few decades, Filipinos have
    begun to infest the United States like some sort of disease. Their extensive
    involvment in the U.S. Armed Forces is proof of the trashy kind of qualities
    all filipinos tend to exhibit on a regular basis.You can see this clearly by
    studying the attitudes and cultural Icons of most Filipino Americans.

    PART 1: Origins of Pinoys/Pinays: Are they really asian?
    Well we've come to accept the fact the filipinos come from a part of the
    world known as South East Asia. But the term "Asia" is used in the wrong way.
    You may notice that contemporary filipino americans try very hard to associate
    themselves with groups that we know asasian. I cannot count the number of times
    I have seen a 'Third World' Filipino try to connect themselves to the Chinese
    or Japanese people. There is no connection and here's why. The Philippines is a
    Third World country. Nothing respectable has EVER been created by filipino
    people during our entire human history. Young filipino men in america have
    become obsessed with "import racing". They have an enormously perverted
    affection for Japanese cars. It's a common phenomenon. In their minds, these
    filipinos somehow, believe that they are asian and that it somehow connects
    them to japanese people and japanese cars. They often take credit for the
    ingenuity of Japanese people and say how it's an "asian thing". This
    term..."asian thing" derived directly from African American slang "black
    thang". "It's a black thang." "It's an asian thang." You can see the
    connection. It's even funnier that, in Japan, Filipinos are heavily
    discriminated against. The only filipinos that can live successfully in Japan
    are the filipino prostitutes. But that's the case for most filipino people no
    matter where they live in the world.Now we've come down to this fact...and it
    is a fact. Nothing in Filipino Culture can be seen as asian. They have no
    architectural, artistic, or cultural influence which is in ANY way,asian.
    Thinking of the great countries in Asia such as Japan, Korea, and China there
    is no way you can possibly connect the Philippine Islands. This assault by
    filipino americans to connect themselves with the great, peoples of North East
    Asia is foul and disgusting.

    PART 2: Young Filipino Americans: The Disease of Society.
    See for yourself and go to any young filipino's website or chatroom, and
    you will be able to see kind of attitude that's stinking up america! Some
    things you might see: Dialouge such as the following (taken directly from a
    chatroom in IRC): (please keep in mind that most people in these chatrooms are
    young filipinos between the ages of(13-25).

    AznGuRLie: Wzzup EvErYbOdY!!! RhEiNa IsH In Da HoUsE!
    (Translation: Her name is Asian Girly. This young woman obviously thinks she is
    somehow asian, but we'll adress that later. She's simply saying that she has
    arrived in the chatroom but she's saying it in the most immature, ghetto, and
    baby-type way possible. I'm suprised she said "Rheina is in the house" rather
    than just "Rheina in the house".But notice how she spelled the word "is" as
    "ish". The way a baby would pronounce it. The AlTeRnAtiNG CaPiTaLs is also
    very common.)
    AzNRacr_X: SuP Wit U RhEinA GuRL???
    (A filipino male...he's obsessed with japanese cars and masturbates frequently
    to Japanese Porno Cartoons, known as 'Hentai'. His response, is based on the
    fact he listens to way too much Puff Daddy and thinks that he's some type of
    "Player". Player is a concept invented by Black Americans. It simply means that
    a young man has good luck with women. A "Player" often has sex with numerous
    females and has more than one girlfriend at a time according to the Black
    defenition. If the, filipinos have a different definition for this term I'm
    not sure. But I think if you apply this term to a filipino male it usually
    describes a young man who tries to have sex with girls by meeting them on the
    internet. He, may or may not be successful in accomplishing this, but it just
    shows the, LOW LEVEL on which filipinos operate and conduct themselves. What's
    most interesting about this conversation so far is that it could be easily
    mistaken for two African americans speaking to each other. There's nothing
    distinctly 'asian' in this dialouge and it certianly doesn't reflect the level
    of respect and intlelligence you find when Japanese or Chinese people relate to
    each other in their own language!)
    AznGuRLie: NuttiN. WhErEsh RoNeLiA???? ShE At Yo HoUsE???
    AzNRacr_X: NaW GuRL...ShE At HeR CoUsiN's HoUsE.
    PiNOY_PLaYR: She at mah houze suckin' on mah dick foo!
    (Another filipino male has just joined the conversation! If you can call it a
    conversation. At this point it just seems alot like baby talk.)
    AznGuRLie: Heheheheheheh YoU WiSh!!!!
    (Notice how this young woman accepts this disgusting statement and even has a
    laugh about it. I think we're finding out how low these people really are.)
    AzNRacr_X: ShUT yo MouTH lil foo!!!! Or I ShuT iT Fo U!
    PiNOY_PLaYR: Where u at muthafucka?? I beat yo lil punk azz!
    AzNRacr_X: My CRiB iz 619!! What u GoNNA Do Foo????
    PiNOY_PLaYR: I gunna beat yo lil azz...afta yo gurl finishez suckin
    on, mah NUTZ!! UWAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHhhahahaahahaah!
    AznGuRLie: Hehheheheh NoW BoyZ WhY U fiGhtin LiKE tHaT?? U kNoW cAn, suCK u
    boTH!! LiL RhEiNA wAnTz 2 pLaY 2!!!!!!!! ;)
    (This scum level of human interaction is not only disgusting and offensive, but
    pathetic as well. And there's alot more than this going, on in chatrooms all
    over the internet every hour.)

    Try visiting a young filipino's web site too. You'll see something
    called the "Asian IRC Ring". It has to do with the chatrooms. The most horrible
    thing about this is that these TRASHY people are trying to associate themselves
    with Asia again!! People in Asia don't act like, this at all. What we are
    seeing here is the natural filipino in it's element with full access to
    technologyand this is how they act! You will consistently see this behavior
    over and over again. Another interesting thing is that these "thirdworld"
    people also frequent IRC chatrooms such as #chinese #japan and #asian. They
    must believe that they are some how related racially or culturally to North
    Asians. But it's completely WRONG! There might have been some distant contact
    with China and even less with Japan during World War II, but these people are
    actually more closely related to african americans and mexican americans. Do
    the parents of these young filipinos know what's going on? Would they accept
    this? I believe that they would and do. This is the natural "Trash" element
    in filipinos manifesting itself. Nothing good has ever come from Philippines
    and I don't believe anything good ever will.

    PART 3: The Conclusion: Recogonizing your Roots ( A Message to
    Filipinos)
    To all filipino people:
    Please recognize yoour ROOTS! You come from the the Third World! Your
    country is a disgusting and filthy place. Most people there live in poverty!
    Your culture has MUCH MORE SPANISH influence than chinese, and absolutely no
    JAPANESE influence whatsoever. People in Japan and China, do not act like you.
    They do not constantly talk about sex and they have a MUCH HIGHER level of
    RESPECT for each other. There is NO WAY that you can connect yourself to Asia
    other than location. Your culture and technological advancement does not even
    come CLOSE to what Chinese, people have done in the past and what Japanese and
    Korean people are doing now! Everything you do is distinctly filipino. You
    cannot take credit for Japanese cars, video games, or Hentai! It's not an
    "asian thing" it's, an "american thing". You have no concept of culture..no
    concept of asian ideas or asian philosophy! Can you demonstrate how you use
    Confucianism or Taoism in you everyday, life?? You can't. And you will NEVER be
    able to.I understand that you are trying to create an identity for yourselves
    as young people...but it is NOT related to Asia. Your Identity is Filipino.
    That's all you are. Just Filipino. Think about what that means....

    -- The BOFH Troll

  8. fool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It totally depends on what you define as the moment of life-as-seperate-organism. IMNSHO an embryo/fetus should be regarded as "alive" when it is capable of surviving completely outside of the mother's body. I think the best parts of you ran down the crack of your mother's ass.

  9. HOAX! by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hate to be the one to break this to you, but this is a hoax.

    Here's the proof: I haven't personally seen it. That means it doesn't exist. It is a fact of the universe. You know why? Because the entire universe revolves around me. Hey, that's the proof. It's a hoax..O.H. .W.E.L.L.

  10. Re:Adult vs embryonic stem-cells by japhmi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Which is rather strange, don't you agree? Essentially, these researchers have shown that there are "adult" stem-cells that behave identical to embryonic stem-cells. If the lawmakers would think logically, they'd apply the same regulations to research with "adult" stem-cells.

    Except you don't have to kill anyone to get adult stem cells...

    --
    "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys" P. J. O'Rourke