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Did I read it correctly -- that they actually transformed blood cells into an entire mouse fetus??
by charlieflowers 13y ago
Did I read it correctly -- that they actually transformed blood cells into an entire mouse fetus??
- refurb 13y agoYeah, that's basically what they did. They took the stem cells they created and put them in a blastocyst (a very early form of a fertilized egg) and a mouse developed. It's actually a pretty impressive discovery. They took a spleen sample, separated out the lymphocytes and exposed them to a pH of 5.7 for 25 min out comes a stem cell!
- dfjorque 13y agoHere's a video of the mouse embryo, with a beating heart and all: http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/jan/29/mouse-embryo-beating-heart-stap-cells-video http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/jan/29/mouse-e...