Comment Comment by frisco Wow. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but Irv Weissman and his lab are the real deal. Here's the original article (which is open access): http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/03/20/1121623109Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen such promising initial results only to hit roadblocks in translation, but here's to hoping it's a real effect, even if it eventually turns out to be less than a true "cure"!Edit: looks like this is follow-up work from Weissman's research on Leukemia, which is considered influential: http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(09)00650-3 parent frisco 14 years ago
Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen such promising initial results only to hit roadblocks in translation, but here's to hoping it's a real effect, even if it eventually turns out to be less than a true "cure"!
Edit: looks like this is follow-up work from Weissman's research on Leukemia, which is considered influential: http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(09)00650-3