Mice Research Shows Promise of Adult Stem Cells

Mice Research Shows Promise of Adult Stem Cells

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But this week, two groups of scientists in China separately reported that they had created a new kind of mouse — grown entirely from a type of stem cell that originated from already mature cells, instead of from embryos. Researchers took skin cells from donor mice, reprogrammed them to revert back to an embryonic state, then programmed them again to develop into an entire mouse pup.


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[edit on 7/4/2010 by Mirthful Me]

I saw this on TV a couple days ago and it blew my mind, their working from research done by a Japanese scientist. Basically they can take a skin cell reprogram it to be anything they want, in this case they grew a mouse! So as long as it works without any probs, then no more stem cells from the inborn!

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