US scientists say they have for the first time created stem cells from cloned primate embryos, bringing human therapeutic cloning one step closer.
The announcement, by Dr Shoukhrat Mitalipov of the Oregon National Primate Research Centre in Portland, was made at the International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting in Cairns, this week
While other species had been cloned, this is the first time primates have been. Since humans are primates, this puts human theraputic (as well as reproductive cloning) one large step closer.
Tags: Primates, cloning, scnt, Dr. Mitalipov, Oregon National Primate Research Center, International Society for Stem Cell Research
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