Kyoto Univ gets patent for induced stem cells in world's 1st case

Friday 12th September, 07:11 AM JST

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timeon at 09:15 AM JST - 12th September

Professor Yamanaka clearly deserves the credit, and >99% he's got the Nobel.
MrMukatsuku at 12:38 PM JST - 12th September

Additional information from: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=is07l01

Unlike embryonic stem cells and the recently discovered (and ethical) "induced pluripotent stem cells" ("iPS cells")[4], adult stem cells do not create tumors.[5]

[4] In this procedure, one's own body cells are directly re-programmed to an embryonic-like stem cell state. Since this kind of embryonic stem cell, or iPS cell, was not derived through the destruction of a living embryo, their retrieval for research does not pose an ethical problem.

[5] The iPS cells, being an "embryonic-type" stem cell, have the same propensity to multiply out of control and produce tumors as do embryonic stem cells taken from embryos.

Juggle that dynamite boys, juggle that dynamite.
Azrael at 11:36 PM JST - 12th September

Awesomeness! This is a discovery that certainly deserves the Nobel Prize. This discovery has delayed the day in which Man would trade and sell the unborn under a legal frame. IPS cells may help cure many diseases and provide better quality of life for the ill. This is great news.