Posted on 11/20/2007 1:38:23 PM PST by fishhound
Human skin cells have been reprogrammed by two groups of scientists to mimic embryonic stem cells with the potential to become any tissue in the body.
The breakthrough promises a plentiful new source of cells for use in research into new treatments for many diseases.
Crucially, it could mean that such research is no longer dependent on using cells from human embryos, which has proved highly controversial.
The US and Japanese studies feature in the journals Science and Cell.
The induced cells do all the things embryonic stem cells do - its going to completely change the field Professor James Thomson University of Wisconsin-Madison
Until now only cells taken from embryos were thought to have an unlimited capacity to become any of the 220 types of cell in the human body - a so-called pluripotent state. tate.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
As soon as the destruction embryos is removed from the production of stem cells, the Democrats are going to loose interest in the technology. NJ Governor Corzine is looking to circumvent a vote of the people to pour Billions into Embryonic Stem Cell research for no other reason than to preserve a political wedge issue.
Bush was right.....again. Shame the Democrats used this for political fodder last Fall as Bush not wanting to “cure” disease!
This takes away a planned revenue stream from the abortion mills.
I am sure, however, that someone will send Michael J. out in front of the cameras to debunk this “advance” as not enough for the researchers.
embryonic stem cells do not come from abortions, nor would they produce any revenue stream. They come from 4-5 day old embryos created in a test tube.
I do not support the use of embryonic stem cells, but continually using incorrect information is wrong. This is a promising development, but it does not impact abortion mills in any way. (FYI - fertility clinics are the source of most embryonic stem cells)
ping for later
The research “breakthrough” they are reporting occurred in March of 2006, 18 months ago. Those of us who have followed the whole embryonic stem cell debate have long known that the future of research lay with adult stem cells. For the NYSlimes and BBC all of a sudden breatlessly to talk about a “breakthrough” that changes everything merely means that they’re throwing in the towel on embryonic stem cells, something they should have done years ago but refused to do because they wanted an excuse to endorse the right of researchers and other adults to manipulate and kill embryonic human beings at will.
But now the jig is up. They can no longer with a straight face argue that embryonic stem cells are the most pluripotent, best, most promising. It’s been a lie for years, but they kept telling the lie. Now they can’t tell it any longer because it’s just plain incredible.
So, rather than admit they were wrong, they invent this fiction about a great breakthrough that they ignored for 18 months. They even have an explanation: when the “breakthrough” took place in March 2006 the stem cell research “community” was all shook up over the Korean research fraud, so the March 2006 “breakthrough” got buried until now.
This is the chutzpah to the ‘nth degree. They lie for years about the efficacy of embryonic stem cells, when their lie finally indefensible, they invent another lie to cover for their bull-headed refusal to take adult stem cell research seriously.
May the Dinosaur press burn in hell forever. There are no words to express the contempt they deserve.
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