Stem cells not so indispensable after all

Stem cells not so indispensable after all
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Posted by: DWA
04/18/2008, 07:12:06

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"contrary to scientists' early expectations"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/science/27stem.html

I wryly expect about 10,000 Nobel Prizes in cell chemistry between now and complete understanding of the DNA. By then, though, Sweden may be in vapor form, out in the asteroid belt, maybe, and the Swedes themselves will be living on the shady side of asteroids, paid for by their generous medical benefits.

"Biologists were electrified on Tuesday, when scientists in Japan and Wisconsin reported that they could turn human skin cells into cells that behave like embryonic stem cells, able to grow indefinitely and to potentially turn into any type of tissue in the body.

The discovery, if it holds up, would decisively solve the raw material problem. It should provide an unlimited supply of stem cells without the ethically controversial embryo destruction and the restrictions on federal financing that have impeded work on human embryonic cells.

But scientists still face the challenge of taking that abundant raw material and turning it into useful medical treatments, like replacement tissue for damaged hearts and brains. And that challenge will be roughly as daunting for the new cells as it has been for the embryonic stem cells."

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