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Skin Cells Substitute Embryonic Stem Cells?

Research on human embryonic stem cells involves ethical issues since it will harming the embryos. The embryonic stem cells become important due to its potential result in treatment diseases such as Parkinson.

Skin Cells into Embryonic Stem Cells
Recently, scientiests in the US and Japan could change mouse skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells by inserting four genes into the animal skin cells. It is a great research in order to eliminate the ethical issues.

For Human Treatments
However, it would be take longer time to bring for humans treatments. There are some questions about possibility genetically mutated of skin stem cells by ultraviolet radiation and about theraphy methods.

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