Give Me Some Skin!!
Finally a non-controversial move by the medical community!
Today it was announced that researchers have now found a way to enable an adults Skin Cells to act like the controversial STEM cells! Amazingly, these cells can even be used to produce heart and brain cells.
Finally, help is on the way for the millions of people with debilitating diseases who are waiting for answers without crossing the Moral standards they have set for themselves. Talk about Freedom! I realize this is still in it's infant stages, but the out look is very very positive and I am anxious to follow the findings.
Another benefit to using these skin cells instead of the embryonic stem cells is that it will truly eliminate the worry of rejection or the use of rejection drugs, due to the fact that it is a persons own skin. These cells are already acclimated to the body and so it would not be treated as a foreign object by a persons immune system. Incredible!
They are also saying that these cells will eliminate the "testing" of drugs and other things on animals and the like. They can be tested directly on human skin cells. No cloning, no use of human embryos or human eggs for testing. They will actually be able to mimic and study the effects of disease and find better cures for them - even resulting in a quicker time frame due to it being tested directly on human tissue instead of animal. A much welcome change!
Congrats to the Japanese Team and the The US team, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for each achieving the same effect by using a slightly different combination of chemicals.
The induced cells do all the things embryonic stem cells do - its
going to completely change the field
For once we have better science coinciding with better ethics
the 2 quote boxes are taken from: BBC news
Today it was announced that researchers have now found a way to enable an adults Skin Cells to act like the controversial STEM cells! Amazingly, these cells can even be used to produce heart and brain cells.
Finally, help is on the way for the millions of people with debilitating diseases who are waiting for answers without crossing the Moral standards they have set for themselves. Talk about Freedom! I realize this is still in it's infant stages, but the out look is very very positive and I am anxious to follow the findings.
Another benefit to using these skin cells instead of the embryonic stem cells is that it will truly eliminate the worry of rejection or the use of rejection drugs, due to the fact that it is a persons own skin. These cells are already acclimated to the body and so it would not be treated as a foreign object by a persons immune system. Incredible!
They are also saying that these cells will eliminate the "testing" of drugs and other things on animals and the like. They can be tested directly on human skin cells. No cloning, no use of human embryos or human eggs for testing. They will actually be able to mimic and study the effects of disease and find better cures for them - even resulting in a quicker time frame due to it being tested directly on human tissue instead of animal. A much welcome change!
Congrats to the Japanese Team and the The US team, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for each achieving the same effect by using a slightly different combination of chemicals.
The induced cells do all the things embryonic stem cells do - its
going to completely change the field
Professor James Thomson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
For once we have better science coinciding with better ethics
Josephine Quintavalle
Comment on Reproductive Ethics
Comment on Reproductive Ethics
the 2 quote boxes are taken from: BBC news
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Comments (13)
Mikhail Gizej
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Progress in medicine is to reduce the statistics and the scale of disease worldwide.
Mehmood Nayyer
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Marko S.
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Great news! it was really a time for something like that.
Jennifer Underwood
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Promoter
That makes sense....since the skin has to replace it self so much...and then to take skin off one body to put on another....that makes sense.
I am probably not making and sense....lol
Just ramblin' ya'll.
Great blog fishie!
Rocky Pacley
7
What an advancement I wish this was a discovery before we realized mom's cell count was a
big problem before loosing her. But things happen for a reason and things like these are worth glorifying.
Lisa G.
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Health Wellness & Wealth Consultant
One of the best things that I have heard all year!
Theresa
6
Gosh- you are not kidding!!
It is nice to finally see people agreeing on something, for sure!
Jeff Greene
8
Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant
That is wonderful news, Fishie! :)
Maybe it will put a stop to at least one of the fights going on amongst people! :)
Theresa
6
I agree!
Not Here
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Yes, this is definetly the kind of medical advances we need to see!
Theresa
6
Yes, I was very very happy to hear this news!! Of course I had to look online to see if it was really true - ROFLOL!
But imagine what this can do... faster response available, no rejections, no rejection drugs, no moral controversy... i am amazed.
Not Here
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Wow! That sounds like great news....thanks fishie!