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Stem Cell "Master Gene" Found

Posted by michael on from the key-to-the-universe dept.

nexex writes "From the Washington Post, 'Scientists yesterday said they have discovered a long-sought "master gene" in embryonic stem cells that is largely responsible for giving those cells their unique regenerative and therapeutic potential.' The report summarizes an article in the newest issue of the scientific journal, Cell."

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  1. Washington Post? by Sygnus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Looks more like msnbc.com to me. Looks like the submitter needs to RTFA himself.

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  2. Re:Potential by jalet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > No, more like knowing the account is named 'root'
    > but not having the password.

    At the LILO prompt, they just have to pass some additionnal arguments to bypass to launch of the init command :

    LILO: linux init=/bin/bash

    They don't need to know the root password.

    Well, maybe LILO is protected by a password too...

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