Source: United Press International
Posted: June 7, 2006
Summary:
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 7 (UPI) -- Harvard University is starting a privately funded program to create cloned human embryos to be used for research into genetically complex diseases.
Harvard says it will create embryos by fusing a cell from a patient's body with a human egg, from which the DNA has been removed. The resulting embryo could be used to generate stem cells to fight specific diseases.
Hopefully this will lead to therapies tailored to patients' genetic makeup in order to avoid immune system rejection and treat dieases and injures.
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