Monday, June 09, 2008

Researchers tweak stem cell creation

Researchers from California say they have improved a groundbreaking technique that reprograms skin cells back to the embryonic state, making the procedure safer by relying less on the use of viruses and genetic modification....

The reprogramming work by Thomson and Yamanaka was hailed in November as a major breakthrough, producing cells that mimic embryonic stem cells without the ethically controversial destruction of human embryos....
Promising developments? Perhaps, but since it avoids the destruction of human life, some will not be happy.



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