Source: Columbia University
Posted: June 4, 2006
Summary:
A research team from Columbia has, for the first time, identified criteria through which embryo death can be confirmed. The implications for stem cell research are huge - by confirmation of embryo death, embryos could be harvested, just as organs are for transplantation, in order to generate stem cells for research and, ultimately, therapeutic purposes.
Commentary: If this assertion is eventually found to be correct, it could put an end to the ethical controversy surrounding the field of embryonic stem cell research.
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