Stem Cell Breakthrough

Two research teams have found a way to reprogram human skin cells to act like stem cells. Stem cells have the abililty to become any type of cell in the body.

Imagine the possibilities for the future; if you need to replace brain cells, take some of your skin cells and doctors can tell them to become nerve cells! If your heart is damaged, maybe you can make new heart cells from your skin?

Science is not quite there yet, but this discovery will bring us one step closer.


http://images.cell.com/images/Edimages/Cell/IEPs/3661.pdf

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/11/20/stem.cell.reax/index.html

Growing Landfills

* 166 bottles of water are consumed by the average American each year.

* 8 out of 10 bottles of water are not recycled and end up in landfills or incinerators.

* 1,000 = number of years required for a plastic bottle to decompose!

-Container Recycling Institute; EnvironmentMassachusetts.org