Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Monkey embryos cloned in stem cell first

Source: Financial Times
Published: November 15 2007 04:31 | Last updated: November 15 2007 04:31

Summary:

The Financial Times reports researchers derived stem cells from cloned monkey embryos:

"Scientists in the US have for the first time made cloned embryos from adult monkeys and extracted stem cells from them. The success, published online by the journal Nature, will encourage researchers who want to create cloned human embryos for stem cell experiments."