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Stem Cell Fraudster May Have Actually Made Breakthrough
Otter writes "Woo Suk Hwang's career swung from fame over his lab's claim of the first stem cells from a cloned human embryo to humiliation when the results were found to be fake. Research at Harvard on Hwang's cells has found that they are actually parthenogenic lines derived from eggs -- perhaps a more important and difficult achievement than what he had been claiming! 'Researchers said that the distinct "genetic fingerprint" of the stem cells means they may be the first in the world to be extracted from embryos produced by the so-called "virgin birth" method, or parthenogenesis. This happens when eggs are stimulated into becoming embryos without ever being fertilised by sperm, and has been achieved in animals. However, before Hwang, no one had managed to produce a human embryo using parthenogenesis which lived long enough to allow the extraction of viable stem cells.'"
I managed to achieve cold fusion while cooking my breakfast in the microwave this morning.
This has been done Once before in history... :)
Rule of Acquisition #19: Satisfaction is Not guaranteed.
Stem Cell Fraudster May Have Actually Made Breakthrough
cl-0wned!
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
have egg on their face now?
Cruelest...Parents...Evar
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
Soon they will not need men to reproduce, and will begin eliminating us.
Then all those parallel parking spaces across the world will fall into disuse....wasted real estate....
Parthenogenesis is how they built that temple in Athens.
>>> I've always said that even if you don't find what you're looking for, humanity is better off for knowing all the other ways of not accomplishing that task vs. no research done at all.
Then I should publish the 7376528 pickup lines that I know don't work....
(See? We men aren't useful for much except for fixing cars and hauling around heavy objects. ;)
It's a standing joke between my Beloved and I.... "If only cucumbers could mow the grass...."
I hope it's a joke, at least.
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
Maybe, but only if Mary had a Y chromosome.
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All of us know, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, the mitochloreans engineered a parthenogenic birth in Tattoonie.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
"Um. Yeah. Well... I planned that. It's a feature."
I am very small, utmostly microscopic.
best be glad she knows nothing of astroturf :P
"He" did have awfully long hair.
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Yes, now you too can have your own personal Jesus. Someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares, someone whos there...
(Strangely, I now feel like I have a Depeche Mode beating in my immediate future)
Navicula hydraulica plena anguilarum est. Omnes castelli tuus nostri sunt. Ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta.
In Soviet Russia, this stupid joke fucking hates YOU!
> What are parthogenic lines?
> Is there a way to derive them other than using eggs?
As a Slashdot reader, I am sure that what you really want to ask is: "can we reproduce without women?". And Dr.Hwang's research has sadly failed to produce an answer to that question so far. Perhaps we should set up a donation site to prod him to research in that direction instead of trying to get women to conceive without men. I am sure that millions of Slashdot readers, and, of course, China, would be immensely grateful should such research be successful.
Would any of them be these?
The enemies of Democracy are
>>Hwang achieves parthogenesis...
>>There's a joke in there, but I just can't put my finger on it...
I've got it! - Normally, you don't NEED a hwang to achieve parthenogenesis!
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J