February 12, 2004
Human Clone Produces Stem Cells
This is sure to create a shitstorm.
Korean researchers have created a human clone and derived the first cloned stem cells from it -- a significant advance toward using the cells to replace those damaged by diseases like diabetes and Alzheimer's.
A Korean woman now has a set of cells that could one day replace any damaged or diseased cell in her body with little worry of rejection, if researchers can get stem cells to work therapeutically.
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While researchers have cloned animals like sheep, cats and cows before this study, researchers had been unable to make the jump to monkeys or humans and believed cloning primates posed a unique obstacle. Now, the Korean researchers show they have perfected a cloning technique, also known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, that works in humans and potentially other primates..
I for one . . .
This is pretty amazing stuff.
Ahem...
We, for one...
And one for Wee!
Solving a biotech mystery: Why South Korea leads the world in stem-cell research.
He'll just join one of the science gangs in jail.
They said he was mad at the INstitute. Mad, I tell you!
I heard he cloned a monsterous cat.
Research Breakthrough: Human Clones May Be Genetically Viable
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