Scientists in U.S. to Attempt Human Cloning South Koreans Faked

Source: Bloomberg News
Date: April 13, 2006

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- American scientists plan to create stem cells that have a genetic makeup identical to that of living human adults, a feat that Korean scientists falsely claimed they accomplished last year.

U.S. researchers at Harvard University and in California said they first will create ``cloned'' human embryos in the lab by combining women donors' egg cells with DNA provided by other adults. The scientists will then isolate and extract stem cells from the embryos.

Commentary: Hopefully this experiment will be conducted under strict ethical guidelines and be peer reviewed in order to avoid the fraudulent results that occured in South Korea.