Adult Stem Cell Growth Treats Cornea Disorders

stemcellar writes with a link to the ScienceDaily site, reporting on a method for adult stem cells to grow cornea stem cells. This use of differentiated stem cells in therapies on specific parts of the body is fairly novel, the article states, and could have numerous applications in medicine. "The research undertaken by the ophthalmologist has shown that, from a small biopsy sample, the new growth technique enables the growth of the number of stem cells thus obtained to the point of obtaining sufficient for the treatment to be effective. The cell sample is taken from the limb of the healthy eye - the ocular structure responsible for the transparency of the cornea. The importance of this growth method lies in the fact that it enables the characterization of the cells obtained, i.e. determining the quantity and viability of the units to be used."

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Re:Not that surprising...

[that IT girl]

What is worse--letting someone die who has already experienced life (to some degree) or never giving a conceived, living being a chance at all?
Mod me flamebait if you want, that's not what I'm trying to achieve. Just something to think about.

Re:Ah nice, you hit the 'ethical' mark spot on

[The Spoonman]

after legislation after legislation is passed to chase God OUT of the country, people can't complain when He's no longer there to protect it.

Please, keep your stupidity to yourself. We passed legislation keeping YOUR god from trampling on the rights of the brainwashed followers of other gods as well as those who don't believe in any of your fairy tales or voodoo. As for his "protecting" it, thanks, but I can do without his "protection". His protection means people fly planes into our buildings, millions of people are killed in concentration camps, blacks are strung up by the neck, children are told to drink the Kool-aid, Palestinians are killed and forced from their homes or people are set on fire in Texas. And, yes, I'm aware I'm lumping in the atrocities of all religions that have occurred in the last hundred years together. You morons need to wake the fuck up and see that YOU are responsible for all of the "evil" in the world. In fact, without you there would BE no "evil".

You don't like the legislation, too fucking bad. This is a secular nation, founded to keep idiots like you in check. Our founding fathers HATED religion, so if you don't like it you can get out. Go over to the Middle East with the rest of your psychotic friends where you belong and leave those of us with morals alone!

I've said it before, I'll say it again...if only the Romans had used hungrier lions, this would be a much better world.