Stem Cell Research Nobel Prize in Medicine to John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

This is a pretty revolutionary breakthrough in the medical field.

Quick summary and background:

– A stem cell is a the first type of cell in your body.

– Before your cell is a skin cell or heart cell or muscle cell, it is a stem cell.

– These are only present in embryos still in the womb etc.

– A stem cell can be used to replace infected and diseased cells. This offers cures for virtually any illness. Possibly even aging..

– Since an embryo is required to harvest a stem cell, this is what always made stem cells controversial.

– These docs have found a way to reverse a cell in your body back to its’ original stem cell. No embryo needed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/08/us-nobel-medicine-idUSBRE8970AB20121008

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About Ronnie Diaz

Ronnie Diaz is a software engineer and tech consultant. Ronnie started his career in front-end and back-end development for companies in ecommerce, service industries and remote education. This work transitioned from traditional desktop client-server applications through early cloud development. Software included human resource management and service technician workflows, online retail e-commerce and electronic ordering and fulfillment, IVR customer relational systems, and video streaming remote learning SCORM web applications. Hands on server experience and software performance optimization led to creation of a startup business focused on collocated data center services and continued experience with video streaming hardware and software. This led to a career in Amazon Prime Video where Ronnie is currently employed, building software and systems which stream live sports and events for millions of viewers around the world.

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