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Stem-Cell Advances in Rats

Posted by michael on from the healthy-rats,-yay dept.

randomErr writes "NY Times wrote that two teams of scientists on Thursday announced they had made important strides towards coaxing stem cells -- the raw material for the "miracle" transplants of the future -- into growing into fresh, healthy tissue."

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  1. Good news...now humans won't have to be harvested by dolphin558 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I welcome this news because it can alleviate the pressure(and momentum) to engage in widespread stem cell harvesting from humans which invariably calls for the growing of zygotes and embryonic humans to produce this "stuff". Since pigs have even more similarities with humans I recommend using them as well.