Biomedical research scientist. My views are my own.
Aug 3, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Update on fetal stem cells research. A thread 👇
"Starting late September, scientists applying for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants will need to use the strictly limited space in their applications to describe how the fetal tissue will be obtained...
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...used, and disposed of, and to justify their need for it, explaining why alternatives such as adult tissue won't work. Then, if NIH greenlights a research proposal for funding, it will need to win approval from a new ethics advisory board."
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Apr 26, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Why these parallels between a human fetus and cancer are wrong:
1.A fetus originates from 2 haploid cells (gametes) one that belongs to the mother (oocyte) and one to the father (sperm), and combined create a diploid zygote which is the earliest stage of human development. 1/7 t.co/B0KQD0N94U
The zygote’s DNA is different than the mother’s. On the contrary, a cancer originates from (diploid) cells of the mother’s own body that get transformed to cancerous cells. 2/7
