tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post1035564707638789670..comments2023-10-24T07:38:47.024-07:00Comments on A Shepherd's Voice: Adult Stem-Cell UPDATE: Researchers Grow Heart From Human Skin CellsA Shepherd's Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743324067287303823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post-47377514045390118082013-08-26T23:06:16.369-07:002013-08-26T23:06:16.369-07:00Daily Mail article: "These specialised cells ...Daily Mail article: "These specialised cells - induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells - are adult stem cells which act like embryonic ones, gaining the ability to become any cell in the human body. But embryos do not have to be destroyed to create a supply."<br /><br />Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2391476/Mouse-heart-HUMAN-stem-cells-grown-scientists.html#ixzz2d99mqFNr <br />A Shepherd's Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743324067287303823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3256165281863652253.post-52084241312715987412013-08-26T19:03:53.401-07:002013-08-26T19:03:53.401-07:00Question about the mouse heart... all I keep seein...Question about the mouse heart... all I keep seeing (on the articles I've read, including yours) is that the iPS cells were derived from "cells from a small biopsy of human skin," but no one mentions the source for the skin cells (embryo or grown person). If its not listed as embryonic, does that mean for sure that the cells were NOT embryonic? Thanks for any help you can provide (since I can't find the answer on my own and don't want to pay the $32 to read the original journal article :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com