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A man may have a secret weapon
September 21, 2007
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
TESTICLES may one day provide a plentiful and accessible supply of adult stem cells that would help their owner fight off disease or regenerate damaged organs, according to a study published today.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have already isolated the multi-purpose cells in mice, and successfully coaxed them to grow into cardiac cells, brain cells and working blood vessel tissue.
If the same technique can be extended to men, the study points out, it would sidestep the morally charged debate over the controversial use of embryonic stem cells for the same purpose.
In experiments, a team led by Dr Shahin Rafii of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute was able to cultivate "multi-potent adult spermato-gonial-derived stem cells" (MASCs) without recourse to any form of genetic manipulation.
A man may have a secret weapon
September 21, 2007
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
TESTICLES may one day provide a plentiful and accessible supply of adult stem cells that would help their owner fight off disease or regenerate damaged organs, according to a study published today.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have already isolated the multi-purpose cells in mice, and successfully coaxed them to grow into cardiac cells, brain cells and working blood vessel tissue.
If the same technique can be extended to men, the study points out, it would sidestep the morally charged debate over the controversial use of embryonic stem cells for the same purpose.
In experiments, a team led by Dr Shahin Rafii of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute was able to cultivate "multi-potent adult spermato-gonial-derived stem cells" (MASCs) without recourse to any form of genetic manipulation.


rofls Eat that equal pay in the work place Nazis!