Embryo-safe stem cells developed

June 23, 2007

Researchers at a US company trying to push the margins of stem cell research say they have grown human embryonic stem cells using a non-controversial method that does not harm the embryos. They said they grew several lines, or batches, of the cells using a single cell taken from an embryo, which they then froze unharmed. “We generated three new lines,” Dr Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology Inc (ACT) told Reuters. “These are the first human embryonic cell lines in existence that didn’t result from the destruction of an embryo.” (Brisbane Times)