Breakthrough on stem cells
By Colin Nickerson | Wednesday, November 21, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“…In breakthroughs that burst like bombshells in biology’s hottest field, rival scientists in Japan and the United States announced yesterday they have successfully turned human skin into cells that behave like embryonic stem cells – avoiding the controversial creation and destruction of embryos.
The accomplishment seems certain to dramatically speed the pace and alter the face of stem cell research, and perhaps end the acrimonious public debate over a science that – even conservative foes of some of its methods have long conceded – promises to be a powerful weapon against disease.
By using a simple recipe of four genes to reprogram ordinary adult cells into stem cells, the new approach appears to bypass the ethical, religious, and political objections that have blocked government funding for research on stem cells culled from human embryos….”…BS
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/21/breakthrough_on_stem_cells?mode=PF
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