Source: Associated Press / NBC News
Posted: June 6, 2007 4:34 p.m. PT
Summary:
NBC News and the Associated Press report on a new advance in stem cell research where scientists have turned mouse skin cells into cells that can act like embryonic stem cells and become all of the cell types in the human body:
"In a leap forward for stem cell research, three independent teams of scientists reported Wednesday that they have produced the equivalent of embryonic stem cells in mice using skin cells without the controversial destruction of embryos. If the same could be done with human skin cells — a big if — the procedure could lead to breakthrough medical treatments without the contentious ethical and political debates surrounding the use of embryos."
An NBC News video accompanies this story.
