Summary

A RESEARCHER AND PROFESSOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS SPEAKS ABOUT CELLS FROM CLONED COWS WJICH MAY LEAD TO REJUVENATING PEOPLE. HE'S REVIEWED THE RESEARCH.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 183655
Story Slug Rejuvenated Cows
Location WORCESTER, MA
Format PKG
Date 4/28/2000
Archive Time 9:47
TRT 2:15
Supers Worcester, MA Dr Robert Lanza, Advanced Cell Technology Prof. Thoru Pederson, UMass Medical Center Michael West, Advanced Cell Technology Julia Bovey, Reporting
Video Description MEN LEADING COWS, CU OF COWS, SOT, FILE OF DOLLY THE SHEEP, SOT, ANIMATION OF STEM CELLS, COWS EATING, MAN LOOKING INTO MICROSCOPE, SOT, LAB VIDEO, SOT, MORE STEM CELLS, MAN LOOKING AT BOTTLE,
Description A RESEARCHER AND PROFESSOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS SPEAKS ABOUT CELLS FROM CLONED COWS WJICH MAY LEAD TO REJUVENATING PEOPLE. HE'S REVIEWED THE RESEARCH.
Script LEAD: SOME SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH GOING ON IN NEW ENGLAND... RESEARCHERS IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS HAVE CLONED SIX COWS.. AND NONE SHOW THE PREMATURE AGING THAT PREVIOUS CLONES HAVE... IN FACT, THE STUDY SHOWS THE CELLS SEEM TO AGE EVEN SLOWER THAN NORMAL COWS. THE QUESTION IS.. DOES THIS MEAN THE AGING PROCESS CAN BE SLOWED DOWN... IF NOT REVERSED. NECN'S JULIA BOVEY IS IN WORCESTER WITH MORE ... THE YOUTH FACTOR IS IN A PART OF THE CHROMOSOME CALLED THE TELOMERE. REPEATED CELL DIVISIONS NORMALLY WEAR DOWN TELOMERE. WHEN IT WEARS OUT, THE CELL STOPS DIVIDING. RESEARCHERS WITH ADVANCED CELL TECHNOLOGIES SAY THE THE LATEST COW CLONES HAVE LONG TELOMERES, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY. AN EXPERT NOT INVOLVED IN THE STUDY SAYS THE FINDING OFFERS HOPE THAT VERY OLD CELLS COULD BE REJUVENATED. BUT HE SAYS IT'S TOO SOON TO BE SURE. NORTHEAS
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