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Originally Posted by duck Why is it that everyone seems to think the cure to everything is in stem cells? |
Because they have the ability to become any cell in the body. Replacing damaged or lost cells and most importantly the nucleus in the stem cells is identical to every other cell in the body.
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Originally Posted by Cyborg Cloning has gotten such a bad rep and now stem cell is getting one before it is getting a fair chance. |
Stem cell research isn't getting a bad rep, it's the way they are collected in which the debate arises. Embroyonic stem cell research, in which the stem cells are collected from human embryos, will hold the same arguement that abortion does. I don't believe embryonic stem cell research hold the answers because the stem cells are from a donor and are not identidied as 'self' when in a new host. Scientist can transplant nuclei from the patient(new host) to the embryonic stem cells to trick the new host into thinking they are 'self' but this is a very, VERY cumbersome process and often very unsuccessfull. IMO Adult stem cells are where the answers lie, and are not subject to much debate, other than if you want to clone someone with the adult stem cell. These cells are collected from adult patients.
That's where the name for the Edmonton Protocol came from! DoH, I always wonder how it got that name. Canada has done so much for diabetes treatment/research. Pretty cool.
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I have seen this article all over the news threads yesterday and today, and don't see how it is that big of news. Scientists having been doing stuff like this since the 80's. I guess they are just getting better at it. This latest news threads technology is way behind
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