In a Cloning First, Scientists Create Stem Cells From Adults

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday April 17, 2014 @11:51AM from the use-your-cells dept.

Trax3001BBS (2368736) writes in with news about a breakthrough in creating stem cells perfectly matched to a person's DNA. "...Lanza's group used caffeine to prevent the fused egg from dividing prematurely. Rather than leaving the egg with its newly introduced DNA for 30 minutes before activating the dividing stage, they let the eggs rest for about two hours. This gave the DNA enough time to acclimate to its new environment and interact with the egg's development factors, which erased each of the donor cell's existing history and reprogrammed it to act like a brand new cell in an embryo.'"

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Re:Have their findings been independently reproduc by Anonymous Coward · 2014-04-17 12:33 · Score: 5, Insightful

Selling immortality treatments means: profit.
People living longer means: they buy more products.
People being healthier means: they can work longer:
More products/industry: more profit!
I don't see how capitalism is inherently anti-science...