Stem Cell Therapy Causes Tumors 327
SpaceAdmiral writes, "Using human embryonic stem cells, researchers have cured a Parkinson's-like disease in rats. Unfortunately, the Parkinson's cure causes brain tumors." From the first article: "...10 weeks into the trial, [University of Rochester researchers] discovered brain tumours had begun to grow in every animal treated... By definition, human embryonic stem cells have the almost mythical, immortal power to grow and divide indefinitely as they become the various tissues that make up the body. As a result, scientists have always known that any stem cell therapy could result in an uncontrolled growth of cells that could give rise to cancer."
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What are you trying to sell me today,
A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been (Score:2, Funny)
Because by the second day of incubation any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship, then the ship sinks.
pointy haired boss' take (Score:2, Funny)
Bad programming. (Score:5, Funny)
So when you debug one thing, something else brakes.
God was a terrible programmer. But I guess that's what you get with a tight 7 day timeframe.
Re:Related Links (Score:5, Funny)
>> What, are you trying to sell me today,
Re:Tumors? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Tumors? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh the humanity!
I learned this in 1982 (Score:3, Funny)
Did't these scientists pay attention when they were kids?
Tyrell: The facts of life. To make an alteration in the evolvment of an organic life system is fatal. A coding sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
Roy: Why not?
Tyrell: Because by the second day of incubation, any cells that have undergone reversion mutations give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship. Then the ship sinks.
Roy: What about EMS recombination.
Tyrell: We've already tried it. Ethyl methane sulfonate as an alkylating agent a potent mutagen It created a virus so lethal the subject was dead before he left the table.
Roy: Then a repressive protein that blocks the operating cells.
Tyrell: Wouldn't obstruct replication, but it does give rise to an error in replication so that the newly formed DNA strand carries the mutation and you've got a virus again. But, uh, this-- all of this is academic. You were made as well as we could make you.
Re:Glass half-empty reading (Score:1, Funny)
That never stopped an antidepressant from reaching the market.
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OH SWEET ROBOT JEBUS, what ARE these things?!
Re:Tumors? (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Mr. Meanie Guy,
Do be so mean. We can kill you.
in 3... 2... (Score:2, Funny)
"Take this object, but beware, it carries a terrible curse"
"Ooo, that's bad"
"But it comes with a free frogurt!"
"That's good"
"The frogurt is also cursed"
"That's bad"
"But you get your choice of toppings!"
"That's good"
"The toppings contain potassium benzoate..."
Re:Bad programming. (Score:3, Funny)
So when you debug one thing, something else brakes.
So true... I often see that my code has come to a screeching halt.
Re:and they act like they did not expect it (Score:3, Funny)