SunnyD
07-24-2008, 05:29 PM
Featured in last night's episode of Nova Science Now:
Stem Cell researchers have figured out a way to create Stem Cells from Mature Cells.
The way the DNA of a cell works is (Short Story) Everything roots from the Stem Cell State, meaning that a stem cell can essentially be programmed into any cell it wants to be whether it's, liver, skin, neural, etc. Everything has a specific "programmed" portion inside of their mature DNA.
What Stem Cell researchers have accomplished is that they have been able to manipulate mature cells using a somewhat "infection" technique.
The way it works is this:
1.) They inject Stem Cell proteins into a virus shell
2.) They introduce the Stem Cell Virus to an environment of mature cells (a.k.a. - blood, skin, brain, etc.)
3.) The infection process then takes place in which the mature programmed cells basically reverse and De-program BACK into stem cells!
4.) They then can use these generated stem cells the same way they would sue embryonic stem cells, because there are no physical or operational differences
So, in a nutshell, doctors now have an accessible cure for such diseases such as Sickle Cell Anemia, Brain Stem defects, etc. All through the use of grown stem cells that weren't extracted from an embryo or fetus.
Thus, ending the controversial problems about using unborn humans as a resource. We'll just make them now...stem cells that is
Stem Cell researchers have figured out a way to create Stem Cells from Mature Cells.
The way the DNA of a cell works is (Short Story) Everything roots from the Stem Cell State, meaning that a stem cell can essentially be programmed into any cell it wants to be whether it's, liver, skin, neural, etc. Everything has a specific "programmed" portion inside of their mature DNA.
What Stem Cell researchers have accomplished is that they have been able to manipulate mature cells using a somewhat "infection" technique.
The way it works is this:
1.) They inject Stem Cell proteins into a virus shell
2.) They introduce the Stem Cell Virus to an environment of mature cells (a.k.a. - blood, skin, brain, etc.)
3.) The infection process then takes place in which the mature programmed cells basically reverse and De-program BACK into stem cells!
4.) They then can use these generated stem cells the same way they would sue embryonic stem cells, because there are no physical or operational differences
So, in a nutshell, doctors now have an accessible cure for such diseases such as Sickle Cell Anemia, Brain Stem defects, etc. All through the use of grown stem cells that weren't extracted from an embryo or fetus.
Thus, ending the controversial problems about using unborn humans as a resource. We'll just make them now...stem cells that is