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elwoodblues · 01-23-2002, 02:49 PM

<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991826" target="_blank">http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991826</a>

In the bone marrow of adults, cells that can be grown into any type of cell. Maybe. I'm waiting on confirmation before I go dancing in the streets, but if so, it'll be huge. Stem cell research will become much less encumbered by ethical questions, and more progress can be made faster in finding actual cures and applications.

Ism Schism. · 01-23-2002, 03:02 PM

That's nothing short of amazing, I hope the finding is confirmed -- and it sounds like it will be.

[ January 23, 2002: Message edited by: Ism Schism. ]</p>

babelfish · 01-24-2002, 06:25 AM

This would be pretty great.

Jeremy Pallant · 01-27-2002, 05:19 AM

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Originally posted by babelfish:
<strong>This would be pretty great.</strong>

It certainly would, and it would silence many critics of stem cell research. The only remaining nay-sayers would be those opposed to cloning.

01-23-2002, 02:49 PM	#1
elwoodblues Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dunmanifestin, Discworld Posts: 4,836	Super Stem Cells in adults? <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991826" target="_blank">http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991826</a> In the bone marrow of adults, cells that can be grown into any type of cell. Maybe. I'm waiting on confirmation before I go dancing in the streets, but if so, it'll be huge. Stem cell research will become much less encumbered by ethical questions, and more progress can be made faster in finding actual cures and applications.

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01-23-2002, 03:02 PM	#2
Ism Schism. Banned Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 320	That's nothing short of amazing, I hope the finding is confirmed -- and it sounds like it will be. [ January 23, 2002: Message edited by: Ism Schism. ]</p>

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babelfish Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Augusta, Maine, USA Posts: 2,046	This would be pretty great.

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