Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Posted: July 13, 2007 | 10:19 AM ET
Summary:
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reports on the creation of embryonic stetm cells from unfertilized eggs:
"American and Russian doctors have created embryonic stem cells from unfertilized eggs, sidestepping the need to use viable embryos, according to a report published in Thursday's edition of the journal Nature. Lead researchers Elena Revazova and Jeffrey Janus, of Maryland biotech company Lifeline Cell Technology, created embryos by using chemicals to activate unfertilized eggs donated by five Russian women undergoing in vitro fertilization. The technique avoids the need for sperm. While the method described by the Russian and American team is not ready for clinical applications, the doctors did manage to get the embryos to mature enough to create stem cells."
