The Stem Cell Front Broadens with the Success of Therapeutic Cloning

May 19, 2014

(Forbes) – With the progress of two teams generating human embryonic stem cells from adult patients by means of cloning, scientists are one step closer to another means of delivering patient-specific treatments in the clinic. In mid April, Cell Stem Cell published a paper by Young Gie Chung et al on their success generating stem cell lines from a 35-year-old and a 75-year old.