Source: Brisbane Times
Posted: August 11, 2008 - 3:43PM ADT
Summary:
The Brisbane Times reports scientists created an embryonic stem cell from synthetic material:
"Queensland scientists have successfully turned synthetic material into an embryonic stem cell, in a research breakthrough that may one day quell the debate over stem cell therapies. The process, which derives embryonic stem cells from chemically-synthesised proteins, may eventually eliminate the controversial step of destroying human embryos for stem cell therapies, scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) say."
