Stem cell researchers see hope in 'virgin birth'

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: December 16, 2006

Summary:

Harvard University researchers have found a way to use "virgin birth" in mice to produce stem cells that are not rejected as foreign tissue. The process is called parthenogenesis, in which unfertilized eggs are biochemically coaxed into embryonic development. The technique may foreshadow a relatively straightforward way of making patient-specific stem cells that bypasses the technical challenges of producing cloned human embryos.