Cytogenix (fka CYGX)

[Tatonkano62]

Paulness, you have to ask why was MS or CYGX even asked to comment on this.

Take this statement:

scientific fact that any cell in the body can be taken back in this little time machine we call the egg cell. "What we haven't known in the past is how the machinery of that egg cell works, how the egg cell can reprogram a cell, take it back in time like a time machine to an embryonic state such that it can then become many of the cells and tissue in the body."

Now, followed by MS's responce:

"What we'd like to be able to is take stem cells back further toward totipotency, and (Shi's research) looks like it would help in that effort greatly," he said.

Totipotent cells are capable of forming every type of body cell. Any totipotent cell is capable of developing into a human being. In the human embryo, all cells are totipotent up until approximately the 16-cell stage. "It would be very useful if we fully understood this process and could take a differentiated cell and make it evolve back to pleuripotecy or even totipotency," Skolnick said.

I believe by ssDNA there is a possibility of manipulating DNA back to its original 16-cell stage.

This is followed by MS saying:

Skolnick believes the research will help lead to the understanding of the mechanisms that might allow pluripotent cells to be returned to totipotency. He acknowledged there might be many other reactions involved but said this particular mechanism appeared to be a key one.

I believe we are some of the leaders in this field. Why would MS be asked to comment otherwise?

Tatonkano