Israeli scientists discover secret to eternal youth ?

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Israeli Scientists Transform Patient's Skin Cells into Healthy Heart-Muscle Cells
Medical breakthrough can make possible to repair patient's organ with own tissue
By: Kristen Hallam
Published: May 23rd, 2012 in Health » Israel

Israeli scientists for the first time succeeded in transforming the skin cells of heart-failure patients into healthy heart-muscle cells, suggesting that it may be possible to repair the organ with a person’s own tissue.

The cells from two men with the disease, once genetically reprogrammed, were able to blend in with healthy heart tissue in rats, scientists from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, wrote today in the European Heart Journal, a publication of the European Society of Cardiology. Testing the cells in human hearts may be as long as a decade away, as scientists hone the technique in animal studies, they said.

The finding points to a novel potential source of stem cells, the building blocks of life which can grow into any type of tissue in the body. Using skin cells from the patient would avoid the difficulty of obtaining stem cells from embryos and may limit the risk that the patient’s immune system would reject the transplant, which can occur with cells taken from healthy people and given to the sick, the researchers said....

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David

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I want to look...ummm...about 18 again...with a matching body to boot...do you think those scientist could whip something up?

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I want to look...ummm...about 18 again...with a matching body to boot...do you think those scientist could whip something up?

Let me know if they do, I'll order an extra set of arms. And a return to 20/10 vision.

Seriously though, this could be quite the breakthrough, eliminating the need for stem cells from aborted babies. It was interesting too as I researched this article, there were 16 presentations of it, but only this one recognized the scientists as Jewish.

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David

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It is interesting how God has so blessed the Jews in the arena of science...I do believe it was a Jewish scientist who discovered the vaccine for polio...I think. Jehovah is an awesome God we serve...

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Dr Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. He was born in New York City to parents from Ashkenazi Jewish Russian immigrant families. Polio was a fearful thing back in those days. I recall a nearby neighbor kid with polio. Their family went to our church, and despite the local social pressure to avoid them we all did really great together. Lost track of him many, many years ago. Yes, the Jews are an amazing people. Just take a look at the list of Nobel Prize winners in every category. It's filled with Jewish people.

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David