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To: jwalsh07
Do you know what "in vivo" means?

Yes, and you're right, I overlooked that part.

How about "Endothelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells form durable blood vessels in vivo"?

8 posted on 02/20/2009 6:51:22 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring

> How about “Endothelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells form durable blood vessels in vivo”?

I am assuming that you did not actually read the article. This kind of publication is known as a “brief communication”, which means that while the results being reported are very exciting, they are preliminary. For example, there is no information whether any of the mice developed cancers.

Interestingly, Dr. Scadden, who was the senior author on this publication (the web site you referenced messed up the order of the authors), had a Newsweek article where he is very upbeat about the potential of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which are a type of adult stem cell.


13 posted on 02/20/2009 11:57:22 PM PST by bluejay
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