[neverdem]

I had to edit out pictures from Getty and Corbis.

Video: Reprogramming Cells

Go to http://www.sciencemag.org/

Click on Breakthrough of the Year in order to register/log on.

[Earthdweller]

Nice!

[neverdem]

IPSC ping! Merry Christmas - Happy Chanukah!

[NRA2BFree]

It's amazing how far they have come in just the last decade. I hope I live long enough for them to cure me of whatever is killing me at that time. LOL

Thanks for all the great articles. I appreciate your pings. Great stuff! Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.

[MeekOneGOP]

Ping! Bump! Ping!

[Wonder Warthog]

"Hair follicles (photo, above) are a rich source of keratinocytes, and researchers in California and Spain showed that they could efficiently derive personalized cell lines from cells taken from a single human hair plucked from the scalp--an even easier source of cells than cutting out a piece of skin."

Does it HAVE to be "from the scalp"??? If it is my potential source of pluripotent stem cell precursors is rapidly disappearing. But hair follicles elsewhere seem to be actually increasing.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for sharing. This quite fascinating.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[MHGinTN]

Placemarker for reading tomorrow

[Freee-dame]

After President Bush leaves office perhaps the DBM will begin to publicize the great strides made with non-embryonic stem cells, giving all credit, of course, to the new administration. Let us pray for further successes, regardless of who gets the credit.