MIT Team Creates Cancer Stem Cells

MIT scientists and colleagues have found a way in the lab to create large amounts of cancer stem cells, the cells that can initiate tumors. The work, reported in the August 13 issue of Cancer Cell, could be a boon to researchers who study these elusive cells. Labs could easily grow them for use in experiments.

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Re:New biological weapon?

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It's just you. Just because they made some small technical advance and then ran to the media with it doesn't mean anything. Before this comes out, just wait for the super efficient solar cells, face recognition, robot servants, super nanotube application (fill in here), gene therapy that doens't kill helpless teenagers, fusion on the desktop, and god knows how many other vaportechnologies.

Re:Scientists are the real moral crusaders

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I say we restore the Roman Colosseum and throw 'em to the lions.

Fine with me as long as we keep up the practice of throwing the Christians in before noon?

Oh maybe, you mean there was a reason they outlawed slavery and gladiator fights other than law and order?