A New Era Begins: Stem cells derived from amniotic fluid show great promise in the lab and may end the divisive ethical debate once and for all.

Source: Newsweek
Date: January 7, 2007

Summary:

New research reported by a team of scientists from Wake Forest University supports the idea of a new category of stem cells that are readily available, perhaps ethically trouble-free and possibly as powerful and flexible in function as their embryonic counterparts: "amniotic-fluid stem cells," found in both the placenta and the liquid that surrounds growing fetuses.