…have been grown from stem cells. They’re tiny, for now, but this seems like a huge breakthrough. And good news for alcoholics, among others.
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…have been grown from stem cells. They’re tiny, for now, but this seems like a huge breakthrough. And good news for alcoholics, among others.
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Cloning Human Bone Marrow is one of my favorite goals. Imagine a tube of artificial bone marrow, pump nutrients in one side and pump blood products out the other. Make the donations to Blood Banks as obsolescent as “leeches” (though medical leeches still have their uses).
Someone remind me, just how many scientific discoveries have been made using *embryonic* stem cells, again?
In a shocking time-reversal paradox, medications for these synthetic mini-livers were developed 152 years prior!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter's_Little_Liver_Pills#/media/File:Advert_for_Carter's_Little_Liver_Pills_Wellcome_L0040448.jpg