Re:Fish eyes grown in a petri dish from embryonic stem cells
by vharuck on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:45PM
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This is done today by stem cell banks. They're typically used for treatment of diseases like leukemia. Public stem cell banks work similarly to blood banks, and there are private banks where your stem cells are saved for your family. Private banks are, in general, much more expensive.
From what I understand, though, stem cells don't last longer than a few years in storage. Making private banks a less useful.
Re:Fish eyes grown in a petri dish from embryonic stem cells
by totony on Sunday September 05, 2021 @12:33PM
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Couldn't you get pregnant, abort the fetus and harvest stem cells?
(Or just farm fertilized eggs)
Re:Fish eyes grown in a petri dish from embryonic stem cells
by manmal on Sunday September 05, 2021 @03:15AM
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Doesn’t fat tissue contain enough stem cells to go around? I also don’t know much on that issue, but have seen that there are stem cell treatments that are based on a small liposuction.
A woman has the baby, and the umbilical stem cells are collected, and put in a deep freeze. Instead of circumsision, that doctor would be more concerned about saving the stem cells?
Who knows what medical breakthroughs will come?
(I don't know much about stem cells, other than the political stuff associated woth them.)