1 posted on
11/10/2006 12:25:53 AM PST by
neverdem
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It would be difficult to obtain equivalent human cells for transplantation, because they would have to come from fetuses in the first or second trimester of pregnancy.I wonder how many comments will come from that sentence.
But Maclaren says that it may soon be possible to grow the correct retinal cells from adult stem cells or embryonic stem cells.
Versus adult stem cells or umbilical cord stem cells? Once all this stuff is figured out, watch out!
2 posted on
11/10/2006 12:35:41 AM PST by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
It would be difficult to obtain equivalent human cells for transplantation, because they would have to come from fetuses in the first or second trimester of pregnancy. But Maclaren says that it may soon be possible to grow the correct retinal cells from adult stem cells or embryonic stem cells.Isn't it sad that this possible breakthrough will be played down because it doesn't promote the media-driven hunger for exclusively embryonic stem cell research?
5 posted on
11/10/2006 12:50:52 AM PST by
L.N. Smithee
(Karl Rove isn't now and never was a genius! DO YOU GET IT NOW????)
To: neverdem
Why doesn't PETA protest this type of animal-abusing research? - This is just more anthro-centric cruelty toward little, blind mice! Just to see how they run.
14 posted on
11/10/2006 1:33:59 AM PST by
chinche
To: neverdem
There was an article yesterday on sucessful treatment of macular degneration with ADULT stem cells by scientists in the UK.
Other cells were also tested (e.g. mice embryo) but it was IIRC the adult stem cells growing in an adult's own eye that showed the most promise.
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