Stem cells from skin
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just to keep the info together. there seems to be some indication that the technique (from another post about other types of adult stem cells) of converting skin cells to stem cells, may cause cancerous cells ==> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21996417/
The technique for converting the skin cells involves using viruses to insert several genes, one of which is known to cause cancer.
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from memory, I think I heard it in youtube videos, so no searching. But I tried a single search in Google, and the third story was http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4465717.stm
and the story talks how adult stem cells are potentially also cancerous.Experts have long known that stem cells harvested from embryos can turn cancerous.
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