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Scientists Turn Skin Into Blood

Posted by samzenpus on from the horror-movie dept.

Breakthru writes "In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin. The discovery, published in the prestigious science journal Nature today, could mean that in the foreseeable future people needing blood for surgery, cancer treatment or treatment of other blood conditions like anemia will be able to have blood created from a patch of their own skin to provide transfusions. Clinical trials could begin as soon as 2012."

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  1. Re:Another Nail... by agbinfo · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're not rational enough to be an atheist, you should not be allowed into medical school.

    Here's a conundrum for you ass-wipe. I'm an atheist, my degree is biology and I oppose embryonic stem cell research. It's not needed.

    Let S1 = "If you're not rational enough to be an atheist, you should not be allowed into medical school."

    Let S2 = "I am an atheist."

    Let S3 = "I am smart enough to be in medical school."

    Prove that S1 and S2 doesn't imply S3.