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Scientists make major regenerative medicine discovery »

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Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible. Using methods including a kind of gene therapy, the scientists altered the electrical properties of cells thus inducing regeneration.

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  • Avg rating: (+3/-2 1)AmusedObserver
    AmusedObserver
    Feb. 28, 2007, 9:50 p.m.

    Do you mean there has actually been some kind of scientific advancement WITHOUT the use of embryonic stem cells? Why, I did not think that was possible!

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