Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Stem Cell Argument ~Sydney Dudley Block 2

http://www.physorg.com/news175091787.html

Major improvements have been made in a process to make adult adult tissue into stem cells without using embryonic stem cells. This new method is better in both speed and efficiency. The new technique uses three small drug like chemicals to transform adult cells into stem cells which is called induced pluripotent stem cells. This technique is twice as fast and 200 times as efficient. Researchers found that they could use purified proteins to change adult cells all the way back to the most primitive embryonic-like cells. Not only is this technique fast and efficient, it is also very safe. It is clear that adult cells are a better choice in stem cell research than embryonic stem cells.

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