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ScienceDaily: Promising New Source Of Stem Cells: Mouse Testes Produce Wide Range Of Tissue Types

The above link is a “Science Daily” article detailing the work being done at the Howard Huges Medical Institute using testicular cells from adult mice to create cells that can be reprogrammed just like embryonic stem cells. This is just another example of how much of the reporting of scientific research is not complete.

Many people who have ethical and moral objections to embryonic stem cell research have felt torn because the press and certain celebrities have convinced them that they are denying them life saving treatments. The truth is that adult stem research has shown to be more effective and has a much greater history of success than any embryonic research. Instead of focusing on an unproven and morally objectionable form of research we should be focusing on research that actually works and does not present so many ethical problems.

The use of adult reproductive tissue, adult fat cells and umbilical cord tissue continue to provide more than ample sources of cells that can be used to produce cells that can be “reprogrammed” to make other types of cells.

Please take a look at the link. Science is marching forward in the field of genetics and many scientist are ethical and and they are producing amazingly useful research data.

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