It would appear that what the pro-life crowd have been saying over and over again has finally been proved beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kyoto University have succeeded in reprogramming human skin cells so that they mimic embryonic stem cells. The reprogramming of adult skin cells means that the present sources of stem cells, embryos and aborted foetuses, will no longer be needed.
Professor Ian Wilmut, the scientist who shot to fame after cloning Dolly the sheep has indicated his intention to use the new technique. Given that he has stated quite openly that he has no problems with the ethical dimension of embryonic stem cells, his willingness to switch techniques indicates that the use of adult skin cells must have a lot of other advantages.
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Hooray! this is one of the issues that I have been praying about.
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