"These cells can be obtained through a simple, non-invasive low-cost approach that avoids surgical procedures," said Yuanyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D
Posted on 08/01/2013 6:50:30 AM PDT by Salman
Could harvesting stem cells for therapy one day be as simple as asking patients for a urine sample? Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have identified stem cells in urine that can be directed to become multiple cell types.
"These cells can be obtained through a simple, non-invasive low-cost approach that avoids surgical procedures," said Yuanyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of regenerative medicine and senior researcher on the project.
Reporting online in the journal Stem Cells, the team successfully directed stem cells from urine to become bladder-type cells, such as smooth muscle and urothelial, the cells that line the bladder. But the urine-derived cells could also form bone, cartilage, fat, skeletal muscle, nerve, and endothelial cells, which line blood vessels. The multipotency of the cells suggests their use in a variety of therapies.
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How true. Disappointment will reign in some quarters, even at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
As Monica well knows after she was stung by a jellyfish.
Well....I’m kinda disappointed because precious bodily fluids are being used for this. Surely we can mount an effort to stop or limit this harvesting of precious liquids.
Is there no end to the awesome POWER OF PEE?.........Fit it was cell phone batteries, then it was teeth, and now THIS!.....
What’s the point of stem cell research if it doesn’t justify the dehumanization of the human embryo?
I don’t get why anyone would pursue this line of research...
I’m just puzzled...
/libthink
This was a golden shower of information.
I heard this morning that stem cells are also in the nose.
"These cells can be obtained through a simple, non-invasive low-cost approach that avoids surgical procedures," said Yuanyuan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.........
Yes, there is some mammon factor going on here with the embryonic stem cells - they can patent them and charge more for the therapies,
but I really think justifying the harvesting of human embryos is the primary goal of the folks that are pushing it politically. They are Satanically driven, and whenever I have a “why” question regarding a behavior of the left, I ask WWSD.
Powering cell phones, growing teeth, now a stem cell source - as I asked the other day:
Is there anything pee can’t do?
1 Timothy 6:10
King James Version (KJV)
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
And here I was complaining about being so poor that I didn’t have a pot to p!ss in. . . . Wait . .
Yes, but rebellion to God came before the love of money.
Yet another reason you should DRINK MORE BEER!
We should start saving it, pee in a jug everyone!
Worst....Michael.....J.....Fox.....PSA.....EVER!!!
This is Pi$$er news.
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