Reprogrammed Skin Cells Turned Into Baby Mice

Reprogrammed Skin Cells Turned Into Baby Mice 284

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 26, 2009 @05:57PM from the finally-tim-can-reproduce dept.

InfiniteZero writes "According to this WSJ story, 'Two teams of Chinese researchers working separately have reprogrammed mature skin cells of mice to an embryonic-like state and used the resulting cells to create live mouse offspring. The reprogramming may bring scientists one step closer to creating medically useful stem-cell lines for treating human disease without having to resort to controversial laboratory techniques. However, the advance poses fresh ethical challenges because the results could make it easier to create human clones and babies with specific genetic traits.'"

Reprogrammed Skin Cells Turned Into Baby Mice

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yep (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous CowHardon ( 1605679 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:02PM (#28830477)

yep. [Second post cloned from skin cells of first post.]

Who tagged this "Cloverfield"?! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:19PM (#28830637)

Seriously, was that you , Taco? Oh, no, sorry; you would have tagged it penisgrownfromskincells. :=========D

The question keep becoming more complex... (Score:5, Funny)

by Jugalator ( 259273 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:20PM (#28830639) Journal

Soon enough, there won't be a single, simple, answer to the classic question
how is babby formed [somethingawful.com]

pups or it didn't happen... (Score:3, Funny)

by kulakovich ( 580584 ) writes: <slashdot AT bonfireproductions DOT com> on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:21PM (#28830647)

If I hear one more "I turned stem cells into X" story without proof - real proof! - I think we're going to need to start posting these things under "comedy".

kulakovich

so wait (Score:4, Funny)

by sonciwind ( 970454 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:24PM (#28830687)

Scientists now how the power to turn people in to baby chickens? Delicious!

Re:YES! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous CowHardon ( 1605679 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:44PM (#28830889)

Sorry, but there weren't any actual skin cells left there.

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @06:53PM (#28830975)

Correction.
Mass murdered. On a Hitler-eqsue scale.

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous CowHardon ( 1605679 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @07:03PM (#28831045)

Dissolved in the toilet. The final solution.

Every cell is sacred! (Score:4, Funny)

by andersen ( 10283 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @08:05PM (#28831497) Homepage

Every cell is sacred! When a cell is wasted, God gets quite irate.

Re:More importantly (Score:3, Funny)

by trg83 ( 555416 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @08:41PM (#28831711)

Brian who?

Screw the ethical concerns (Score:3, Funny)

by sukotto ( 122876 ) writes: on Sunday July 26, 2009 @10:43PM (#28832449)

Screw the ethical concerns
I want them to grow a clone of me and start replacing the parts of me that are wearing out.
They can start with my teeth, eyes, and knees.

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday July 27, 2009 @02:28AM (#28833753)

I'm dying to know who this busy body is! Tell me, tell me!

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Reprogrammed Skin Cells Turned Into Baby Mice

yep (Score:1, Funny)

Who tagged this "Cloverfield"?! (Score:1, Funny)

The question keep becoming more complex... (Score:5, Funny)

pups or it didn't happen... (Score:3, Funny)

so wait (Score:4, Funny)

Re:YES! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

Every cell is sacred! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:More importantly (Score:3, Funny)

Screw the ethical concerns (Score:3, Funny)

Re:others trying to force their morales on us (Score:1, Funny)

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