Stem Cell Advances

I mentioned in my last post about Bill Clinton's ignorance concerning embryonic stem cells, and it seems that most people probably suffer to some extent the same concerning scientific matters. I found an article on The Weekly Standard detailing a relatively new technology in stem cell research. Without getting too technical, the new technology, "induced pluripotent stem cells", "produces the biological equivalent of embryonic stem cells without creating, using or destroying any human embryos." One very important potential advantage coming to light with this technology is that it is patient specific. In other words, immune rejection is not a problem. Embryonic stem cell technology can only make this claim through cloning. Below is the link for the article. I encourage you to read it.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/258hdaij.asp