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Reprogrammed Skin Cells Turned Into Baby Mice

Posted by timothy on from the finally-tim-can-reproduce dept.

InfiniteZero writes "According to this WSJ story, 'Two teams of Chinese researchers working separately have reprogrammed mature skin cells of mice to an embryonic-like state and used the resulting cells to create live mouse offspring. The reprogramming may bring scientists one step closer to creating medically useful stem-cell lines for treating human disease without having to resort to controversial laboratory techniques. However, the advance poses fresh ethical challenges because the results could make it easier to create human clones and babies with specific genetic traits.'"

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  1. yep by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 1, Funny

    yep. [Second post cloned from skin cells of first post.]

  2. Who tagged this "Cloverfield"?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Seriously, was that you , Taco? Oh, no, sorry; you would have tagged it penisgrownfromskincells. :=========D

  3. The question keep becoming more complex... by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soon enough, there won't be a single, simple, answer to the classic question

    how is babby formed

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  4. pups or it didn't happen... by kulakovich · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I hear one more "I turned stem cells into X" story without proof - real proof! - I think we're going to need to start posting these things under "comedy".

    kulakovich

  5. so wait by sonciwind · · Score: 4, Funny

    Scientists now how the power to turn people in to baby chickens? Delicious!

  6. Re:YES! by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry, but there weren't any actual skin cells left there.

  7. Re:others trying to force their morales on us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Correction.

    Mass murdered. On a Hitler-eqsue scale.

  8. Re:others trying to force their morales on us by Anonymous+CowHardon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dissolved in the toilet. The final solution.

  9. Every cell is sacred! by andersen · · Score: 3, Funny

    Every cell is sacred! When a cell is wasted, God gets quite irate.

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  10. Re:More importantly by trg83 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Brian who?

  11. Screw the ethical concerns by sukotto · · Score: 2, Funny

    Screw the ethical concerns

    I want them to grow a clone of me and start replacing the parts of me that are wearing out.
    They can start with my teeth, eyes, and knees.

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  12. Re:others trying to force their morales on us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm dying to know who this busy body is! Tell me, tell me!