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New Stem Cell Source - Your Bone Marrow

Posted by Hemos on from the tip-toe-around-the-ethics dept.

BoogieChile writes "ABC News is reporting that a team of researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, lead by Dr John Yu, are aiming to extract renewable stem cells from bone marrow - extracted from the patient him/herself - for a source of neural stem cells for treatment of brain cancers, Alzheimers and other neurological disorders. Problem solved! Yipee! New spinal column, anyone?" 'Course the story has no details - post anything else you can find below.

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  1. Re:Is this news? by mathi · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It has been on slashdot before: here

  2. Takes the fun of killing unborn babies out of it! by croftj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wait! What good is it if an industry killing unborn babies cannot be enlarged and justified?

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  3. Speaking out of your ass by GringoGoiano · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why? Did they put some ass stem cells in your lips?

  4. Re:Pretty well known in pro-life circles by dillon_rinker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I really get sick of the anti-infanticide movement being called "pro-life". They are nor pro-anything - they are just opposed to a woman's right to choose infanticide.

  5. Re:Reuters on yahoo... by Hungus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "politically icky embryo route" - why dont you say the truth .. the ending of one human life for the possibilty to help another - no this is not a troll

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