Scientists Claim Organs Grown From Stem Cells

Llywelyn writes: "It appears that some scientists in the United States are claiming that they have been able to grow functional organs (kidneys) from cloned cow embryotic stem cells. They have not yet released details on how exactly they did this, nor have they yet provided evidence for their claims, but admit to being only in the `proof of concept' phase in research. I guess we'll see down the road if this is legit or the increasingly common `Science by Press Release.'"

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I've got a bunch of those

[Shotgun]

all of my organs were grown from stem cells.

My mom didn't even need a petri dish.

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[suss]

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[hillct]

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--CTH