Holy shit. Scientist grow liver tissue from skin stem cells

Grandpa's Spells · Post by **Grandpa's Spells** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:10 pm

http://gizmodo.com/5920147/scientists-c ... ag=science

Not the embryonic stem cells, from skin cells. The ability to grow replacement parts may come sooner than expected.

Pinky · Post by **Pinky** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:39 pm

BURN THE WITCH!!!

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:06 pm

Pinky wrote:BURN THE WITCH!!!

:snigger

nafod · Post by **nafod** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:48 pm

Grandpa's Spells wrote:Not the embryonic stem cells, from skin cells.

I'm going to get my liver tattooed.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:07 pm

Pass the whiskey.

The Crawdaddy · Post by **The Crawdaddy** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:53 pm

Fat Cat wrote:Pass the whiskey.

Hehe. You read my mind Fats.

bigpeach · Post by **bigpeach** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:37 am

I'd be curious to see how well a liver made from Native American skin holds up.

odin · Post by **odin** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:35 am

Liver= tasty. If this works then we may have solved our food resource issues for the next century. Brilliant.

tough old man · Post by **tough old man** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 5:43 pm

I'm going to get my liver tattooed.

Read Mark Leyner much?

IGX