Scientists produce live mice from stem cells....

wildbilln864

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Sun Oct-11-09 07:37 PM
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Scientists produce live mice from stem cells....

"Two teams of Chinese scientists have made a major advance using mice in the development of a new kind of stem cell that doesn't involve destroying embryos.

Those cells are derived from ordinary skin cells, and when they were created two years ago from human skin and genetically reprogrammed, it was hailed as a breakthrough. But questions remained as to whether they could act as chameleon-like as embryonic stem cells and morph into any cell type in the body.

One way to show that versatility is if the new reprogrammed stem cells could be used to produce an entire new life. And now researchers have shown they can - in mice. "
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kenny blankenship

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Sun Oct-11-09 07:40 PM
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1. Cue the Fundamentalist Freakout in 3, 2, 1...

C'mon science GO FOR THE BIG ONE> Produce live offspring from two parents of the same sex!
Grab the brass ring!

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Indenturedebtor

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Sun Oct-11-09 10:03 PM
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2. Pffft that's not the "Big One"

The big one is a gene therapy that turns your palm into a sex organ (preferences may differ).

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Nihil

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Mon Oct-12-09 10:57 AM
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3. And, as the news spreads across the planet ...

> The big one is a gene therapy that turns your palm into a sex organ

... millions of teenagers gasp in astonishment - they thought it already was one ...
:wow:

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