Source: Rocky Mountain News
Date: June 6, 2007
Summary:
The Rocky Mountain News reports on a new advance in stem cell research that could end the ethical controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research:
"Scientists hailed a breakthrough in stem cell research that they said could end the ethical debate over research involving embryos while saving thousands of lives. The new technique turns mature cells into primitive cells, the type that are able to be coaxed into any kind of specialized cell to fight maladies such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. And the technique does so without involving the embryo, so it has a better chance of withstanding criticism from groups who equate embryonic stem cell research to abortion. The research is reported in the current issue of the British science journal Nature."
