Monday, February 19, 2007

One-parent embryos: A step ahead in stem cells

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: February 19, 2007

Summary:

In studies with mice, University of Pennsylvania researchers have created embryos using genetic material from only one parent - either a mother or a father, terminating the development of the embryo, but after it had reached the stage where it contained embryonic stem cells. The embryonic stem cells were used to restore the blood systems of adult mice whose own blood cells had been destroyed by radiation.