HHMI's Stem Cells - Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells

[jehovahgodofgaps]

this video made me hungry for eggs so i am eating eggs now.

[studio7manga]

This is a very interesting series. It begs the question, for me at least, how best to increase support for this kind of research. Particularly the kind of regenerative therapies popularized by the likes of Aubrey de Grey that may be possible with stem cell research. It seems a shame that stem cell research is languishing due to ethical concerns.

[kaysandesses]

"It seems a shame that stem cell research is languishing due to ethical concerns."

They're languishing due to the GOP pandering to the religious "right".

[tiggeromega]

I would dare say it's probably the other way around.

[kaysandesses]

"I would dare say it's probably the other way around."

Yes, it's a two way street there.

[sheepwshotguns]

question.

do we have the ability to instead create our own artificial cytoplasmic goo and instead of replacing the nucleus of an embryonic cell, replace the cytoplasm of a normal cell?

perhaps this would solve the religious ethics debate on "killing potential humans".

[sheepwshotguns]

ok i typed too quickly, i got excited during the first question and answer section. great vid extantdodo thanx for posting!

[ExtantDodo]

"do we have the ability to instead create our own artificial cytoplasmic goo and instead of replacing the nucleus of an embryonic cell, replace the cytoplasm of a normal cell?"

There is quite a bit of current research on parthanogenesis (causing an oocyte to double its genome and begin dividing).

[sheepwshotguns]

after thinking this threw a little bit, it seems clear that the cytoplasm and the nucleus have equally important roles in the early kick off of life. i doubt that such a process would sway off the moral fighters.

i was originally thinking most people simply see the nucleus of the human as the "carrier for the soul"

[ExtantDodo]

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[Mordecai36]

Very cool. I learned so much! Thanks again.

[Mordecai36]

Oh, this is awesome! Thanks so much!!!!