LughResearchers are making progress on producing cows from just stem cells, with no eggs or sperm involved. Some people are wondering if the same tech might one day work with humans.
AnUnusualRelicThere’s no reason it couldn’t work with any animal.
OldManBOMBINAny animal we have DNA for, I assume.
Do we have any dino DNA? Cave bear? Mammoth?
Annoyed_🦀 It kinda need stem cell for it to work.
SineIraEtStudioResearch in the last 5ish years has shown that “any” cell can be induced to change into a stem cell by changing its environment and adding specific growth factors.
I assure you that if the article you read was true, it’s a very niche case and not true in most contexts.
BubbleMonkeysciencealert.com/in-a-first-scientists-fully-wipe…
This link is a relatively new development, but induced pluripotent stem cells have been in use since around 2006 for research purposes. They can be made from a variety of cell types.
In a First, Scientists Fully Wipe a Cell's Memory Before Turning It Into a Stem Cell
Scientists already have their ways of coaxing human cells into new forms, using a special concoction of chemicals to nudge humble skin cells into malleable tissues known as induced pluripotent stem cells.
There’s so many “buts” attached to that it’s not even funny. They don’t work as well as an actual stem cell, for one thing. That’s why there’s still plenty of demand for the embryonic kind.
Person I replied to said it was niche creation case, I was simply showing that’s not the case. Nothing else.
It’s a thing, but there’s lots of catches with the technique. That’s why stem cells are still in the laboratory.
Certainly. The research is still ongoing but shows promise and is making progress toward being a viable replacement.
I’ll edit my original comment to clarify that point.