[neverdem]

I heard this story today. Wow -- it will surely derail the stem cell votes in Congress. At least, postpone them.

I'm still somewhat awestruck by Dr. Atala's claim of no teratomas, and that banking 100,000 samples of amniotic fluid will provide identical tissue matches for 99 percent of our population needing transplants. Politically, I'd like to see Bush go on the offense.

[hocndoc]

I bought the article, so FReepmail me with your email address if you want me to send the pdf. I may be slow, today - tons to do - but, I'll get it done by early in the AM.

The methods and results are very clear - and here's the conclusion from the article:
We conclude that the AFS cells are indeed broad-spectrum multipotent (that is, pluripotent) stem cells.