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BIRTHDAY WISH: NEW CELLS!


Hello…readers. First, I’d like to appreciate all readers of this blog- consistent readers and you, who stumbled upon this post. Thanks!
Yea, today is my birthday and I seem to have a weird list of wishes, and this seems to be the one that tops them all, in relation to the weirdness or ‘wiredness’ of the wishes. I WANT NEW CELLS.
I don’t mean that I want to become a newborn with no memory ties or something completely right winged like that. All I want is some fresh stem cells, more like embryonic stem cells that can differentiate into any type of cells.
You know, I was checking up this stem cell research thing the other day and I discovered that embryonic stem cells are quite different from adult cells in that they can differentiate into ANY cell type; while adult stem cells can differentiate only into cells of the organs where they are found.
With the controversial nature of the embryonic stem cell research, with moralists, fundamentalists, as well as politicians taking advantage of its ethical value at the expense of rewarding research, with my newly-acquired stem cells, I should be able to contribute positively to the welfare of modern scientific embryonic stem cell research.
#Giggles#
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Oh…and besides that, does anyone have the answers to any of these questions?
1.      Are all neonatal cells (cells of the newborn) new?
2.      Do cells have surface-recognition antigens or something, that signal the beginning of a new year to the cells…or is age truly just a number to cells?


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