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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: juliee on November 29, 2010, 11:03:37 AM
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Direct Conversion ay Make Embryonic Stem Cell Research Obsolete
New York, NY -- Scientists made a major step towards making embryonic stem cell research obsolete when they used direct reprogramming to convert adult stem cells to an embryonic-like state. Now direct conversion is moving the ball forward.
The process of direct conversion involves changing one kind of specialized stem cell into another kind -- and it eliminates the need for controversial embryonic stem cells, which some scientists promote because they can change into most any kind of cells.
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