Click to play videoWisconsin, USA: Stem cell research has just received a sharp fillip.
In a major breakthrough, scientists at Wisconsin University have transformed ordinary human skin cells into batches of cells that look and function as stem cells, but without using any cloning technology or creating embryos.
This may translate into the possibility of having medicines tailored as per needs, using stem cells, but achieving that without negotiating the political, scientific and ethical road-blocks of using human eggs or embryos.
Although it would take quite some time, doctors are hopeful that this technology can soon be used to re-programme damaged organs to repair themselves.
For the moment, it can also be used to study diseases and to screen drugs.
Embryonic stem cells give rise to each and ever cell and tissue in the body.
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