This is huge news for the world of stem cell research. Most of the headlines so far has been devoted to research that destroys embryos. Those who object on moral grounds have been labeled "anti-science." Yet all the while, science was on our side. Actual useful therapies have been developed using ethical stem cell research. Now the Nobel Prize committee has awarded the work of two scientists who developed a process for turning adult stem cells into pluripotent cells that can then be turned into therapies for all kinds of diseases.
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