Japanese create stem cells from wisdom teeth

AFP via Breitbart.com ^ | 08/22/08 | AFP

[Reaganesque]

Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos...

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[Reaganesque]

Turns out, you can get stem cells from lots of places other than aborted fetuses. And yet the Left still insists that the bestest stem cells come from dead babies. Go figure. That's the culture of death for you.

[Rembrandt]

The NAGs are wondering if a doctor can remove the wisdom tooth from the rear of a fetus’ skull thereby leaving the glop of tissue dead.

[Stirner]

The point that hasn’t gotten enough emphasis is that deriving stem cells from teeth or skin allows for treatment with the patient’s own, genetically matching, stem cells. If you get a transplant of someone else’s stem cells, you would have to take strong drugs for the rest of your life to prevent rejection of the transplant. If the treatment comes from your own cells, there is no such problem.