Stem Cell Breakthrough


	Stem Cell Breakthrough

Quincee

11-20-2007 1:04 PM

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<H5>Published: 11/20/07, 12:05 PM EDT
By MALCOLM RITTER</H5></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7434&eeid=5537331&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne">NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7434&eeid=5537331&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne">The "direct reprogramming" technique avoids the swarm of ethical, political and practical obstacles that have stymied attempts to produce human stem cells by cloning embryos.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7434&eeid=5537331&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne">There is a catch with the new technique. At this point, it requires disrupting the DNA of the skin cells, which creates the potential for developing cancer. So it would be unacceptable for the most touted use of embryonic cells: creating transplant tissue that in theory could be used to treat diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's, and spinal cord injury.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7434&eeid=5537331&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne">So the cloning approach still has much to offer, he said.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=7434&eeid=5537331&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=3&ck=&ch=ne">We'll see, ultimately, which one works and which one is more practical."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/80DA29B3-4033-44F7-B874-51B80515D216/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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