Stem Cells Archive
Very good article by Gareth Cook at the International Herald Tribune talking about Children’s Hospital Boston plans to clone human cells. Consider the case of a boy with sickle cell anemia, a potentially lethal disease in which a genetic defect causes red blood cells to form improperly. The scientists
Christopher Reeve: “For the true biological miracles that researchers have only begun to foresee, medical science must turn to undifferentiated stem cells,” “We need to clear the path for them as rapidly as possible.” Reeve told a United States Senate hearing in 2000 on federal funding for stem-cell research.
Harvard teams want OK to clone Human-cell work would be first in nation By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff | October 13, 2004 Two separate teams of Harvard scientists are preparing to produce cloned embryos for disease research, and one has officially applied for permission from the university’s ethical review
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Harvard University scientists have asked the university’s ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue. “We want to