Monday, October 17, 2005
New Stem Cell Technology
Reading the New York Times this morning. Scientists have developed a new way to harvest stem cells that doesn't kill the embryo. They somehow remove one of the cells after it has replicated itself a couple times and the part that's remaining is still a viable zygote.
So far they've only developed this in mice, but they say that mouse and human embryos are very similar at that early stage of development and a human version of this procedure could be viable in as little as a few months. In theory, this is a workaround of the killing embryos to harvest stem cells argument.
If they can make this a viable procedure, I think this will stand as a huge step forward for the curing people of sickness industry.
So far they've only developed this in mice, but they say that mouse and human embryos are very similar at that early stage of development and a human version of this procedure could be viable in as little as a few months. In theory, this is a workaround of the killing embryos to harvest stem cells argument.
If they can make this a viable procedure, I think this will stand as a huge step forward for the curing people of sickness industry.
# posted by ChuckJerry : 10/17/2005 07:49:00 PM
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I think it's a great discovery because it will shut up all of those pro-life right wingers.
Here's what's bugging me....
If they go with the new process where the embryo is not destroyed, what do they do with all of the embryoes? Are there that many couples going for in vetro fertilization that there will be that many viable embryoes available to use for the procedures?
Here's what's bugging me....
If they go with the new process where the embryo is not destroyed, what do they do with all of the embryoes? Are there that many couples going for in vetro fertilization that there will be that many viable embryoes available to use for the procedures?
Daffy:
Maybe they let them die a "natural" death. Who the fuck knows.
Anyhow, I see this as good, but a waste of money, energy and talent to get to this point. The researchers who came up with this should have been building on previous research instead of just getting us to the starting line all over again.
Maybe they let them die a "natural" death. Who the fuck knows.
Anyhow, I see this as good, but a waste of money, energy and talent to get to this point. The researchers who came up with this should have been building on previous research instead of just getting us to the starting line all over again.
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