Source: NewScientist.com news service
Posted: 23 August 2006
Summary:
Advanced Cell Technology, a biotechnology company in the field of stem cell research, has succeeded in deriving the cells from embryos without killing them, raising hopes that President Bush will reconsider his veto on federal funding for such work. The researchers employed a technique used in pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in which a single cell or “blastomere” is removed from the ball of eight to 10 cells that comprise the early embryo. The researchers created a stem cell line by removing one or two cells from an early embryo so it would still be usable.
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