hackingbear writes "Wired.com, citing paper published in Science magazine, reports that Harvard scientists may have found a safer way of giving a flake of skin the biologically alchemical powers of embryonic stem cells by turning adult cells into versatile, embryonic-like cells without causing permanent damage. The technique involves "adding cell-reprogramming genes to adenoviruses, a type of virus that infects cells without affecting their DNA". Four-month trails on mice demonstrated that the resulting stam cells are free from unpredictable cancer-inducing mutations. This is definitely a breakthrough in stem cell research. However, my father still wonder how long he has to wait until spam cell research can result in FDA-approved cure for his diabetes. May anyone provide insightful answer to his question?" Link to Original Source
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