IT MIGHT turn out to be the most important cell ever discovered. It’s a stem
cell found in adults that can turn into every single tissue in the body.
Until now, only stem cells from early embryos were thought to be able to do
this. If the finding is confirmed, it will mean cells from your own body could
one day be turned into all sorts of perfectly matched replacement tissues and
even organs.
If so, there would be no need to resort to therapeutic cloning—cloning
people to get matching stem cells from the resulting embryos. Nor would you…
