Cloning Still Holds Stem Cell Key


	Cloning Still Holds Stem Cell Key

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12-18-2007 5:55 AM

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Stem cells produced through a breakthrough reprogramming procedure are promising, but it's far too soon to abandon embryonic stem cells, say leading researchers in the biotech hub of Harvard University.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/cloning-still-h.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blog.wired.com/img/28F0F0E5-67C1-4D6F-AA75-A554FB519313" alt="Skin2stem" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/cloning-still-h.html"><P>Scientists say embryonic stem cells -- also known as ESCs, and characterized by their incredible ability to become any other kind of cell -- could someday be used to regenerate limbs, replace failing tissue and treat now-incurable diseases. However, producing ESCs requires the destruction of week-old embryos -- a procedure that many social conservatives consider murder. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/cloning-still-h.html"><DIV>The resulting controversy has become part of the culture wars and
prompted President Bush to deny federal funding for research on ESCs
developed after August 2001 -- a decision that scientists say has
stunted the development potentially life-saving therapies. Supporters
of ESC research say such policies are also a form of murder. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6C218DF9-FE89-42BC-99C0-F20893E616B4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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