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New Stem Cell Source - Your Bone Marrow
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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I found some lint in my pocket but every time I click the "attach" button there's no option for "my pants"
They are perfect for experiments, especially Homos and Micheal!
Would this be able to replace getting stem cells from Fetuses?
Yes, but it's a lot less fun getting it from marrow.
Trolling is a art,
Now we can stop fucking around with nature killing pre-babies left and right.
They should use aborted Down's Syndrome fetuses. That rids society of non-productive consumers and has the added benefit of giving stem cells to needy, hard working taxpayers.
Trolling is a art,
Hitler killed people that he deemed un-productive or a hinderence to society as well.
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That's what parents are for. Seriously. A U.S. citizen cannot give legal consent to much of *anything* until they are 18 years old. The parents' consent will almost always trump the child's refusal. So, the inability of an embryo to give consent is irrelevant.