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Cells with Infinite Reproduction

Ice writes "Geron, a small biotech company, has found a way to immortalize cells. Check out the Reuters news. " Basically, they have found that using telomerase, an enzyme, they can give a cell infinite reproductive capability without the debilitating effects of cancer. This will be useful for what the article calls "stem cells", basically cells which can be used to grow other things-like new livers for Rob and me.

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