Source: HealthDay News
Date: July 9, 2008
Summary:
HealthDay News reports scientists have found a way to obtain embryonic stem cells in blastomere stage of embryonic development without destroying the embryo, a finding that could end the ethical controversy surrounding the field of embryonic stem cell research:
"Scientists say they have finally succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells earlier in the development stage of a blastomere, or a 4-cell stage embryo, so the whole embryo is not destroyed. The development, expected to be presented Wednesday at the European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology annual conference in Barcelona, may make stem cell research easier to conduct by not raising as many ethical concerns, the researchers added."
