> I could be wrong about this....and someone correct me if I am, but I read somewhere that teratomas can and do become cancerous and that individuals who harbor these masses have an increased chance of getting cancer. --------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) teratoma-to-be cell does - divides and starts down the > path of becoming an actual embryo - from which one > could then theoretically extract stem > cells...hmmmm.... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/296 - Release Date: 3/29/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn