Well, I want to hear more about this before I think it's a perfect alternative to embryonic stem cells. There were alternatives before this "breakthrough", and they don't work very well. They behave differently than stem cells from cloned embryos, and don't transform predictably into the desired cells when they're worked with.
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Originally Posted by The article goes on to say
End of problem? Not unless these altered skin cells can truly replace embryonic cells, and that's not clear yet, a prominent scientist says.
I'm amazed at the ethicists" saying the problem of needing embryos has been solved, Berg said. "We're not in the clear — this is a first step."
"My guess is that we'll find that there are significant differences," said Dr. Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology, which has been trying to produce stem cells from cloned human embryos. "I'd be surprised if these cells can do all the same tricks as well as stem cells derived from embryos."
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I have no doubt that in the next decade or two, we'll begin to see treatments that rely on using stem cells of some sort to grow new tissues for people who need them, but the first treatments aren't going to happen in the States. We're in the dark ages when it comes to stem cell research.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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