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...James Devitt, a spokesperson for Columbia University, says the school’s location is often a selling point for top-notch professors...
...That happy possibility is real, but it?s very much relegated to the future, emphasizes Terry Devitt, director of research communications for the University of Wisconsin. "We want to be careful not to raise false hopes," he says. "We need to perfect this technology - it will be at least five years before this has any clinical relevance...
...meantime, of course, this development presents plenty of tantalizing possibilities to scientists smitten with the stem cell. "This research shows, for the first time," says Devitt, "that it?s possible to direct embryonic stem cells down a particular developmental pathway - any developmental pathway - to become a product we?re familiar with and can use in a clinical setting: In this case, a blood cell...
...science is intact," says Devitt, "and the research integrity of these cells lines is not affected. It?s just a part of the science that?s going on in a petri dish. These stem cell lines are experimental. The hope is they will advance knowledge to a point that in the long term, say, ten years, we might be able to start looking at treatments or cures...
...Granted, says Devitt, there could be controversy when it comes time to actually implement any experimental treatments derived from the mouse-human mixture. "Separating the human cells from the mouse cells can be tricky," he explains. "But we have seen human cell lines successfully developed while in extensive contact with mouse cells...