Can therapeutic stem cells be made from cultured stem cell lines?

Subject: Can therapeutic stem cells be made from cultured stem cell lines?

Date: Sat Feb 18 11:37:08 2006
Posted by ken
Grade level: teacher/prof School: locust valley hs
City: locust valley State/Province: ny Country: usa
Area of science: General Biology
ID: 1140287828.Gb

Message:


A nucleus from an adult cell can be put into an embryonic stem cell to create 
a therapeutic cell line which will not risk rejection by the recipient. To 
avoid the ethical problems associated with embryonic cells, why can't that 
same nucleus be placed in a stem cell from an established cell line culture?

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