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| The Living Dead |
| 2006-09-24 |
| Buwahaahaahaa Attention Body Snatchers and Ghouls Scientists turn dead cells into live tissue Scientists working at a British laboratory have achieved one of the most controversial breakthroughs ever made in the field of stem cell science by taking cells from dead embryos and turning them into living tissue. Stojkovic's experiments were carried out while he was working at the Centre for Stem Cell Biology at Newcastle last year. In a paper, published last week online on the website of the journal Stem Cells, Stojkovic reveals he and his colleagues took 13 embryos, created by IVF. All 13 had stopped developing a few days after conception. 'They were in a very early stage of development,' said Stojkovic, now head of Sintocell, the Serbian medical research centre. The team then waited 24 hours to check that the embryos were no longer dividing before beginning their experiments. 'These were all deemed to be arrested embryos,' said Stojkovic. 'In other words, they were dead. [But] they had the capacity to develop any different type of cell you could think of, including kidney cells, liver cells, and skin cells.' "Honey, Lets go dig up Grand Pa". |
| Posted by:RD |
| #8 I'm not buying it. If there's anything that certain it's cell death. Maybe. But I don't know that I would want my child to be born from one of these cells! It's something to think about. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-24 19:46 |
| #7 "These samples aren't dead. There's still cellular activity." Fuchs - John Carpenter's The Thing, 1982 I'm not buying it. If there's anything that certain it's cell death. The article seems to indicate that there was still some cellular activity at some level and that the cells were not truly dead, but merely in some form of suspended animation. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-09-24 19:37 |
| #6 Since there is no way on this planet that those dead stem cells could possibly have turned into a living, breathing being, it seems to me that any criticisms about using them for experimental stuff just evaporated with them being declared "dead". Right? |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-24 16:39 |
| #5 Braaaiiinnnsss.... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-09-24 12:47 |
| #4 Stephen King was ahead of his time with Pet Sematary |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-09-24 12:11 |
| #3 I doubt it SS. Degeneration set in years ago. |
| Posted by: Gleregum Ebbaving4611 2006-09-24 11:31 |
| #2 Does this mean we could take cells from Noam Chomsky's brain and make them live again? |
| Posted by: Spolulet Spineper3182 2006-09-24 08:59 |
| #1 Sintocell Brilliant choice for naming a stem cell R&D outfit. I rank it right up there with PMS Lasers and Ayds Diet Candies. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-24 00:53 |