[hocndoc]

These cells are being reported as safe for use in real, live humans.

[Glenn]

as safe for use in real, live humans

As opposed to artificial, dead humans?

[hocndoc]

A huge ping! (And rude, too, because I’ll be away from the computer for a few hours.)

Feel free to gloat, cheer, celebrate, etc.

[wombtotomb]

It won’t matter. Their objective was to kill embryo’s and devalue life. Their agenda will be screwed up.

[Coleus]

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[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

This will come as a great shock and disappointment to pro-choice liberals.

[neverdem]

hocndoc, I missed your ping. Thanks for the post. I caught coleus’ ping. Redundancy can be a virtue! IIRC, Lanza had been very gung ho about human embryonic stem cells.

[nomad]

Oh my God!Correct me if I`m wrong but, isn`t this the “Holy Grail” of stem cell research?Why isn`t the press all over it?I know,the Lame stream is one thing,but what about Fox Cable?The world press?This should be world wide headline news!MY GOD,WE`VE DONE IT!We`ve really done it,haven`t we?

[paulycy]

If this pans out it seems awfully huge. What great news!

[SuziQ]

I thought I recognized Dr. Lanza’s name. He works out of the ACT offices in Worcester, MA!

[Sun]

Let’s share this news by writing a letter to the editor for folks not as informed as FReepers.

Here’s a letter I wrote that was published in a religious newspaper, and two secular newspapers:

“Dear Editor:

Pro-lifers love stem cell research - the NONembryonic kind, that is. Nonembryonic stem cells, or Adult stem cells (includes umbilical cord stem cells), are also the stem cells that work. There have been over 70 successful treatments from Adult stem cells, including treatments for various Cancers, Parkinson’s Disease, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke Damage, MS and many other diseases and injuries.

However, not even one successful treatment from embryonic stem cells.

So why does President Obama want to waste tax dollars on something that doesn’t work? Some say it’s to desensitize Americans about abortion.

I was also surprised to learn that Obama rescinded former President Bush’s policy (Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007) which funded Adult stem cell research. So in other words, President Obama is giving taxpayer dollars for immoral embryonic stem cell research which does not work, but wants to take away money for ethical Adult stem cell research which does work!

And we now have iPS cells which reprogram human skin cells with the same properties as embryonic stem cells without using embryos, so there is absolutely no excuse for destruction and experimentation on human embryos.

Let’s not bail out another unethical and unsuccessful business, the Embryonic stem cell business.”

[SunkenCiv]

Dr. Robert Lanza, chief scientific officer at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), reported today in the journal Cell that his team has created stem cells using human skin cells and four proteins. The innovation builds on the breakthrough discovery in 2006 by Shinya Yamanaka, who similarly coaxed human skin cells to revert to a pristine, embryonic state by introducing four key genes into the cells, piggybacked on viruses. The technique relies on proteins that induce reprogramming of the cells, rather than genes or viruses.

Thanks neverdem.