Policy puts future of stem cell tests in doubt
The “stem cell future” is not in doubt. Science will max them out. Just not in the US, with any of the resulting economic or maybe even health benefits for the people of this nation. Just like the future of science and the Renaissance went north in Europe after the religious zealot crackdown in Italy, we’ll see the lights go on elsewhere on the planet while we’re turning them off here.
Showing posts with label stem cells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stem cells. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2007
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
It's too bad...
...stem cell research is all, like, evil and stuff...it sure does seem to hold the most potential for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and now diabetes...but whaddo I know...
Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.Snowflake babies! SNOWFLAKE BABIES!!!! MICHAEL J. FOX WAS FAKING IT!!!!!!
They said they were able to first grow large numbers of the stem cells and then direct them to resemble the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas that are damaged in diabetes.
“This discovery tells us that we have the potential to produce insulin from adult stem cells to help people with diabetes,” said Dr. Randall Urban of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, who directed the study.
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