Stem cell research breakthrough.....well, if you're a mouse

The few people to experience XLarger's fledgling foray into the world of blog, will be glad to know that I am aware of what they call, "the science." Like GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, I'm more of a witchcraft fan myself. It appears that some big brains have found a way to create a pluripotent (Ability of a single stem cell to give rise to all of the various cell types that make up the body) stem cell from an adult cell. Well, an adult mouse cell anyway. Read this from the Washington Post

A team of Boston scientists developed a way to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) -- which are functionally similar to embryonic stem cells, but which can be produced from adult cells, rather than via the creation or destruction of an embryo -- more safely than ever.Should the findings, which involved mouse cells, be repeated with humans, they could pave the way for using iPS to delve into the biology of a wide range of genetic diseases.

"I think it's a really important, landmark study," said Kevin Eggan, an assistant professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and an assistant investigator of the Stowers Medical Institute at Harvard University. He was not involved in the study.

The results were published in the Sept. 25 online edition of Science.

And the right to lifers exalt, as the rest of us scream, FINALLY! No need for embryonic stem cells. Please be the answer to this ridiculous argument. It's a debate that, frankly, I'm tired of having. Then again, how many times have they poked a bunch of mice and declared, eureka? Well I know this much, if somehow this turns into the creation of a mouse-man hybrid super soldier, it'll be well worth all the headaches.

P.S. I knew what pluripotent meant. The definition was for you dummies. Sphere: Related Content