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Stem-cell method preserves embryo Mass. lab hopes to end standoff By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff The technique builds on a fertility clinic procedure known as “preimplantation genetic diagnosis.” With PGD, after technicians fertilize an egg in a laboratory dish, they allow it to grow into an embryo of approximately
Cloning Efforts Resume in U.S. By ANTONIO REGALADO and DAVID P. HAMILTON May 8, 2006; Page B6 Marking the re-entry of U.S. researchers into a controversial medical endeavor, two American research teams say they will resume efforts to clone human embryos. Officials at the University of California, San Francisco