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Scientists Move Closer to Human Therapeutic Cloning

Posted by samzenpus on from the send-the-therapeutic-you-to-work-day dept.

"Human therapeutic cloning has moved a step closer after U.S. researchers said they had successfully created embryonic stem cells from monkey embryos. Scientists told a stem cell research conference in Cairns this week that they had successfully created two batches of embryonic stem cells from cloned rhesus monkey embryos."

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  1. Re:Which is worse by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's the killing of a young human being.

    Actually, that is not the case. It's the destruction of a blastocyst, which is a compilation of 70-150 cells. These are often thrown out/discarded in fertility clinics. They are definitely not human. Here's a picture of one,

    http://www.iscr.ed.ac.uk/outreach/images/Human-bla stocyst.gif