In the News – Embryonic Stem Cell Breakthrough

Snippet from the non-hair-loss article:

The first pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have been generated from somatic cell nuclear transfer, according to a study published today (October 5) in Nature. The findings validate this controversial method, and may one day allow therapeutic stem cells to be created from a patient’s own genetic material.

Read the rest — New Way to Make Embryonic Stem Cells

I meant to post this last week, but it’s still worth posting for those that might have missed it. If there’s too much scientific jargon in the article, there’s also one on CNN.com that might be a better read.

This is a controversial and newsworthy topic, and although cloned humans aren’t on the way yet, further research could pave the way to making disease a thing of the past.