Alchemists of Molecular Biology Turn Skin Cells into Stem Cells (Trees And Things)

Lou: Re: The achievement of the century...so far

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:07:55 EST

Floorboards? Well dammit...there's yer problem. You need a GE Cryogen 3000 freezer to keep organs fresh and ready for use. See the beauty is you keep the heart in the Cryogen, then you go out on a hell bent for the horizon bender, and whe

3fingerspointback: Re: The achievement of the century...so far

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:56:51 EST

Yeah, that sounds cool at first, but the one I put under my floorboards has just been getting louder and louder for weeks now.

Lou: The achievement of the century...so far

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:41:15 EST

I agree that this is exciting stuff...but I won't get too worked up until I can watch a new heart grow from a sliver of my fingernail on a boring Sunday afternoon. Now THAT would be something.

gerrymander: the achievement of the century

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:30:55 EST

It's hard to overstate exactly how huge of a step forward this is for medical science. The ability to selectively replace damaged cells would solve a substantial number of the "wear and tear" kind of aging problems: weakened heart muscle, cataracts and oth

port1080: Re: What's human?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:22:59 EST

I see the big problem with stem cells is that non-scientists lose the point almost immediately and veer off into discussing science fiction scenarios with wacky ethical 'gotchas!'.

If you'll re-read my initial post, you'll note that I did no

WMK: Re: What's human?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:05:18 EST

I see the big problem with stem cells is that non-scientists lose the point almost immediately and veer off into discussing science fiction scenarios with wacky ethical 'gotchas!'.

Q: "What if I stick a cloned replacement brain in my sons acciden

port1080: What's human?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:09:51 EST

Leaving aside the issue of embryonic cells for a moment...let's say this process is developed to its logical conclusion, and we obtain the ability to grow replacement organs in a dish. At what point is this process itself unethical / problematic? &nb

3fingerspointback: Disregard "technical" part of above post

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:31:32 EST

Conveniently enough, he called me tonight to compare notes on our Thanksgivings, and I got a plain-English explanation out of him that I can still remember at the moment. What I wrote above was garbage, here's a better overview of the process and the

3fingerspointback: Gaaaaahhh

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:08:00 EST

I need to talk to my dad again, as he is a colleague of Jamie Thomson, and his pathology lab did work on some of the mice from Thomson's study. The only inside track informatio