Harvard Stem Cell Institute cleared for somatic cell nuclear transfer experiments

[Mk]

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/06/06-stemcell.html

After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston have been cleared to begin experiments using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease-specific stem cell lines in an effort to develop treatments for a wide range of now-incurable conditions afflicting tens of millions of people.

I'm for it, go cloning!

 

[DigEagle]

New Obstacle for Scientists

Hey,

If you're interested in the work being done over at Harvard as far as the cloning of humans goes, you should check out this article I found at Technology Review. It highlights another obstacle on the journey to the successful cloning of a human: egg harvesting. Check it out at the link below:

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16990&ch=biotech