HEALTH: Adult stem cells = embryonic stem cells?

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 05:59:41 MDT

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    New Scientist is reporting on a study by Genzyme
    that Multi-potent Adult Progenitor Cells may indeed
    be Embryonic Stem Cells.

    http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99993723

    based on:

    Lodie TA, Blickarz CE, Devarakonda TJ, He C, Dash AB, Clarke J,
    Gleneck K, Shihabuddin L, Tubo R.
    Systematic analysis of reportedly distinct populations of
    multipotent bone marrow-derived stem cells reveals a lack of distinction.
    Tissue Eng. 2002 Oct;8(5):739-51.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12459053&dopt=Abstract

    and one of the papers leading up to the debate:

    Jiang Y, Vaessen B, Lenvik T, Blackstad M, Reyes M, Verfaillie CM.
    Multipotent progenitor cells can be isolated from
    postnatal murine bone marrow, muscle, and brain.
    Exp Hematol. 2002 Aug;30(8):896-904.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12160841&dopt=Abstract

    R.

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