Advance In Making Stem Cells From Skin

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 2, 2009 @02:53PM from the we-don't-need-no-steenkin'-viruses dept.

KillerBob writes with an advance on the news from a year back that stem cells can be produced from human skin — discussed here. Now Canadian researchers have found a safe way to generate stem cells without using viruses to modify the genome, a process that can have its own dangers. "The ethical debate over embryonic stem cell use may soon be moot, thanks to a Canadian team of researchers who, together with a team out of Scotland, has found a safe way to grow stem cells from a patient's own skin. The revolutionary finding, described in a paper published yesterday by the international science journal Nature, means doctors may be one step closer to treating a multitude of diseases, including Alzheimer's, diabetes and Parkinson's."

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Every Skincell is Sacred by neoform · 2009-03-02 14:56 · Score: 5, Funny

We must move to ban all exfoliating soaps! Murder!!

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Lame lame lame by grub · 2009-03-02 15:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Make stem cells the way nature intended: from aborted fetuses.

Quit wimping around.

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Re:Unlimited stem cells by jcwayne · 2009-03-02 16:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Dupes are the left over stem cells that refused to differentiate.

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