Embryonic Stem Cells Made With Acid
Scientists made embryonic stem cell out of white blood cells. They bathed the cells in acid or put them in low-oxygen environments to bring then to the brink of death, a process that reverted them to an embryonic stem cell. Once reverted, they placed them in a growth-promoting solution and watched how they multiply.
The discovery could revolutionize medicine by giving doctors a way to repair diseased and damaged tissue — think heart disease, blindness, skin burns — with organs and tissue grown from the patient’s own cells.
Source:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/groundbreaking-embryonic-stem-cells-made-with-acid-140129.htm
Reference:
http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600
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