In a Cloning First, Scientists Create Stem Cells From Adults 43
Trax3001BBS (2368736) writes in with news about a breakthrough in creating stem cells perfectly matched to a person's DNA. "...Lanza's group used caffeine to prevent the fused egg from dividing prematurely. Rather than leaving the egg with its newly introduced DNA for 30 minutes before activating the dividing stage, they let the eggs rest for about two hours. This gave the DNA enough time to acclimate to its new environment and interact with the egg's development factors, which erased each of the donor cell's existing history and reprogrammed it to act like a brand new cell in an embryo.'"
Amazing (Score:5, Funny)
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One way to find out! *conk*
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and Cannabis....
Re: Amazing, (Score:2)
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... or will be totally allergic to it.
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Idiot these are unfertilizedd eggs that could never grow into a human being.
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sure is, for example cannot make the beta go away.
given that now about 3-4 times a day I am thrown a random beta landing, despite me always going back to classic version, I will post 10 random posts about beta after each and every one...
if the message was not clear, fuck beta
Oh good, more fraud! (Score:2)
LOL, last week it was vinegar, now its caffeine, will it be a good cuban cigar next week?
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Re:Have their findings been independently reproduc (Score:5, Insightful)
Selling immortality treatments means: profit.
People living longer means: they buy more products.
People being healthier means: they can work longer:
More products/industry: more profit!
I don't see how capitalism is inherently anti-science...
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Private sector is not willing or able to put in the time and funding needed to perform necessary basic research. It just takes too much time, risk, and money for a company to support the basic biological research, which is what generates the big discoveries.
Basic research (not applied or "translationsal research) in biology leads to knowledge and new techniques. It is not feasible to make a profit off of these unless you can keep the knowledge a secret up to the point of it leading to a product. By defini
Re:Have their findings been independently reproduc (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, this is an independent reproduction of an experiment from Oregon in, I think, 2007. This would seem to be the real deal.
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It's not a complete departure from previous stuff, though it looks like it is a new technique, so it will need to be independently replicated. Induced pluripotent stem cells took over a year to be reproduced, so there's that.
The next steps are longer, making sure it's safe, and finding a way to harness it.
Clinical trials for s
mammoth mammoth mammoth (Score:1)
The implications of this research are huge, from mammoths to saber tooth tigers. I'm excited to see what they add to the zoo next! But they can't try to control it too tightly... life will find a way...
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life will find a way...
I love the movie but HATE that saying from Jurassic Park. (Snippet here [youtu.be].)
It does, unless it doesn't.
Concrete example? Let's just ask the dinosaurs... (They've had their time? But I though you said they could find a way.) Or, lets ask starfish about something odd that's currently attacking part of the population. [nbcnews.com]. Something's out to get them; hopefully the starfish can mount defenses.
"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger" is a much better quote, I think -- but notice that living is one of two op
Adult Stem Cells (Score:1)
The next step (Score:2, Interesting)
Is to make stem cells that grow into ovaries so that they can have an endless supply of eggs.
Can stem cells from a male grow into an ovary ? (Score:1)
I am not familiar with biology but from what I read stem cells supposed to be able to be "programmable" and can grow into any type of body part.
Now, what if the stem cells carry a male donor's DNA ? Can the stem cells be grown into ovaries ?
Just Stem Cells? (Score:3)
Do the cells not form a blastula? The article was a bit fuzzy on the details. If these form embryonic stem cells it just seems like a matter of degree to outright produce a whole embryo, which of course means the possibility of human cloning.
Caffiene huh? (Score:1)
So, did the stem cells all flip out, pull their shirts over their....uhh...whatevers...and start asking "Arrrre you thrrreatening me?"
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This isn't the stupidest comment I've ever seen on slashdot but its fuckin close.
It's a Beavis & Butthead reference.
Stupidity's the entire POINT!
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