Stem Cell research breakthrough.

Adult stem cells can now be made to behave like embrionic stem cells. "Shinya Yamanaka announced in November that he had cracked one of science's toughest challenges: creating the equivalent of human stem cells with a technique that does not require an embryo." ... "Being able to make adult cells behave like embryonic stem cells opens the way to cures for an incredible number of diseases. It could revolutionize medicine. Change the lives of millions. Useful stuff." Shinya Yamanaka is a Japanese scientist.