Re: Human Embryonic Stem Cells

John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:07:13 -0500

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Greg Burch Wrote:

>Won't the mitochodrial DNA be from the donor, then?

Yes but the amount of DNA in mitochondria is tiny compared to that found in the nucleus.

>Are there potential compatibility problems there?

I don't see how, the immune system figures out what is self and what is not by looking at proteins on the cell wall and all the information for them is coded in DNA in the nucleus not the mitochondria.

John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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