A couple of summary articles on interesting looking stem cell research. This process takes adult cells (skin in this case) and coax them into hybrid cells which behave the pluripotent capability of embryonic stem cells. This is better path than the murky moral bog of using embryos as harvest farms for therapeutic materials.

Washington Post Article - Skin Cells Converted to Stem Cells
Top right of Science Now Home (8/23/2005) Short summary

Some basic 411 on stem cells for those who are interested. .

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