Article

2005-03-06 Home Front: Tech

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-06 3:42:44 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Her team thinks that MAPCs are rare cells present in the bone marrow that can be fished out through a series of enriching steps. But others think the selection process actually creates the MAPCs.

That is a question for the scientists. Turn the effort of making this useful over to the appropriate engineers.

How wonderful that Bush's challenge should mean that fetal stem cells aren't really necessary -- at the time I really did think he was stifling necessary research.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-06 11:56:53 AM|| 2005-03-06 11:56:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 maybe God works in mysterious ways? These cells were there all along, but it was just too fun to do something so fantastic for human health without dragging abortion ethics and politics into it.

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-06 12:09:56 PM|| 2005-03-06 12:09:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 trailing wife: âHow wonderful that Bush's challenge should mean that fetal stem cells aren't really necessary -- at the time I really did think he was stifling necessary research.â

This discovery is good news. It has potential for many medical treatments. But it doesnât mean we donât need fetal cell research. Understanding how a fertilized egg becomes a human being is critical for understanding how to prevent and cure problems of fertility, miscarriage, and birth defects. Most of the research can and will be done on mice but some research can only be done on human cells.

Posted by Anonymous5032 2005-03-06 12:40:37 PM|| 2005-03-06 12:40:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 A5032, fetal cells are not the same as fetal stem cells, which were to be used from recently conceived fetuses, as opposed to miscarriages. I agree with you that the other is still very important.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-07 12:00:01 AM|| 2005-03-07 12:00:01 AM|| Front Page Top

11:34 Bulldog
11:34 Bulldog
11:33 Bulldog
11:33 Bulldog
11:29 Bulldog
11:29 Bulldog
00:00 trailing wife
23:54 Zhang Fei
23:52 Aris Katsaris
23:50 trailing wife
23:48 Phil Fraering
23:34 2b
23:26 2b
23:25 AzCat
23:21 Sobiesky
23:19 trailing wife
23:18 Robert Crawford
23:16 Robert Crawford
23:09 Alaska Paul
23:07 JosephMendiola
23:07 Alaska Paul
23:07 Silentbrick
23:04 JosephMendiola
23:04 Sock Puppet of Doom