«The current Australian legislation strikes the
right balance in allowing valuable research to occur whilst providing clear safeguards to address concerns held by the wider community,» says Megan Munsie, a spokesperson for the Australian
Stem Cell Centre.
Now, scientists at the Salk Institute have found that a
balance of elongation and trimming in
stem cells results in telomeres that are, as Goldilocks would say, not too short and not too long, but just
right.