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FASTER, PLEASE: “Scientists have developed what appears to be a safer way to create a promising alt…: "FASTER, PLEASE: ‘Scientists have developed what appears to be a safer way to create a promising alternative to embryonic stem cells, boosting hopes that such cells could sidestep the moral and political quagmire that has hindered the development of a new generation of cures. The researchers produced the cells by using strands of genetic material, instead of potentially dangerous genetically engineered viruses, to coax skin cells into a state that appears biologically identical to embryonic stem cells.’"

(Via Instapundit.)