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Salk Proves Stems Cells Can Cure Genetic Diseases!
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies just proved that genetic diseases can be cured by combining gene therapy with stem cells!
With induced pluripotent stem cell technology, they actually corrected a defective gene linked to leukemia and other cancers in cells taken from a patient volunteer. “It’s a pretty remarkable discovery that hasn’t been extensively covered in the mainstream press,” says their communications director, calling it “a major step in getting regenerative medicine from the laboratory to the clinic.”
A Salk researcher says that “If we can demonstrate that a combined iPS-gene therapy approach works in humans, then there is no limit to what we can do.”
