Comments on: Neurons made from stem cells drive brain activity after transplantation

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:26:05 +0000

Exactly my question…I sell amniotic stem cells and we use them in a lot of surgeries with high rates of success. Why do we need to harvest babies to get the same results without the negative side affects?

By: Dan Robinson

Dan Robinson — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:02:55 +0000

This also sounds like we’re getting closer to the time when we can reprogram “criminals” into “productive workers”. Who decides which is which? Some people, perhaps here, might make the wrong determination about “me”.

By: eldras

eldras — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:00:27 +0000

One way of indefinite aging is stem cell transplants. That can mean taking your own stem cells culturing them and transplanting them. Further on we could have micro devices inside the body that get it to do this automatically. on.
The USA’s reluctance to engage fully in stem cells has slowed progress and slowed profits.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:21:59 +0000

Out of pure curiousity, why embryonic stem cells? I thought we were able to program skin cells into stem cells already… wouldn’t using embryonic stem cells run the risk of being rejected by the patient’s immune system?