Our researchers should be creating clinical human studies for this as soon as they read this.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/29/268171016/a-little-acid-turns-mouse-blood-into-brain-heart-and-stem-cells
A few chosen paragraphs, rest at link;
Biologist and her colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Developmental
Biology say they've figured out a fast, easy way to make the most
powerful cells in the world — embryonic stem cells — from just one blood
cell.
The trick? Put white blood cells from a baby mouse in a mild acid solution, Obokata and her team Wednesday in the journal Nature. Eventually a few stem cells emerge that can turn into any other cell in the body — skin, heart, liver or neurons, you name it.
For
decades, scientists have been searching for easy ways to make human
embryonic stem cells. These cells hold great potential for treating
diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart disease and diabetes.
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