Seoul National University Experts Claim to Have Cloned Glowing Dogs

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Start Licensing, Inc. (Start) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted U.S. Patent Nos. 7,304,204 and 7,307,198 covering methods of cloning ungulate animals, fetuses and embryos using differentiated cells. These two patents...

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Breakthrough viewed as a significant step forward in the development of human stem cell therapies

PORTLAND, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Oregon National Primate Research Center have made a significant breakthrough in efforts to develop human stem cell therapies that may be used to combat numerous devastating diseases. For the first time, scientists have successfully...

Researchers Replace Organ In Adult Mice Using 'Single-parent' Stem Cells

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Science Daily Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have derived uniparental embryonic stem cells - created from a single donor's eggs or two sperm - and, for the first time, successfully used them to repopulate a damaged organ with healthy cells in adult mice. Their findings demonstrate that single-parent stem cells can proliferate normally in an adult organ...

Males More Prone To Cloning

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Cloning researchers who wish to boost their success rates should try using male cells, researchers say. The advice is based on a new study which showed that mouse embryos created from male adult cells were more than three times as likely to develop to term as those created from female adult cells.

FDA OK May Spark 'Clone-Free' Labels

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:00:00 AM GMT

Meat and milk from cloned animals may not appear in supermarkets for years despite being deemed by the government as safe to eat. But don't be surprised if "clone-free" labels appear sooner.

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FDA Set To OK Sale Of Milk, Meat From Cloned Animals

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Consumer advocates and others have complained bitterly in recent years that the Food and Drug Administration has veered from its scientific roots, making decisions on controversial matters - such as the emergency contraceptive "Plan B" - on political rather than scientific grounds.

Australian Parliament Lifts Cloning Ban

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's Parliament on Wednesday lifted a four-year ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research despite opposition from the prime minister and other party leaders.

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stART Licensing, Inc.'s Animal Cloning Patent Position Solidified Through Dismissal Of Patent Dispute

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2006--Start Licensing, Inc. (Start) announced today that it has settled a patent dispute with Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTC.BB:ACTC) (ACT) and the University of Massachusetts (University). The dispute involved appeals to the U.S. District Court by ACT and the University that sought to overturn rulings by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against ACT...

Disgraced Cloning Expert Sets Up New Lab

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Disgraced cloning expert Woo Suk Hwang, currently standing trial for fraud over faked stem cell research, has opened a new lab focusing on cross-species organ transplants, South Korean officials confirmed on Friday.

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Iranian Doctors Say They Cloned A Sheep

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Iranian doctors have overseen the country's first animal cloning -- a lamb that died minutes after birth -- and plan future experiments in genetics and stem cell research, a member of the team said Wednesday.

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'Handmade Cloning' Success Uses A Chopped Egg

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

GEORGE Cloney is some pig. He's the first to be cloned by a technique that is apparently twice as efficient as previous methods and only one-tenth as costly. The first step in cloning a mammal is to strip an egg cell of its own nucleus. This is usually done by the process known a enucleation, in which a needle is used to suck the nucleus out of the egg. The new technique, called "handmade cloning...

Seoul University Scientists Clone Two Female Puppies

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

By Kwon Keun-young -- A team of Seoul National University scientists has confirmed it has cloned two female puppies to be mates for the male dog, Snuppy, which the team cloned last year.The cloned puppies, Afghan hounds like Snuppy, were named Bona and Peace. Bona was born on June 18 and Peace was born on July 10, the team said. The project was launched in March. Of 12 surrogate...

Disgraced South Korean Cloning Expert Plans To Resume Research

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

South Korea's disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk, on trial over charges of fraud and embezzlement, will resume research work as early as next month, his laywer has said.

Mixing Animal, Human Cells Gets Exotic

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

On the sun-splashed Caribbean island of St. Kitts, Yale University researchers are injecting millions of human brain cells into the heads of monkeys afflicted with Parkinson's disease.

Scientists Hope To Cure Alzheimer's With Piglet Clones

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Scientists working in Denmark said they planned to use piglets they had cloned in their search for a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

Harvard University Researchers To Clone Human Embryos

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical researchers connected with Harvard University said they had begun work on cloning human embryos to create stem cells, using private funds to avoid a federal financing ban.

Clones' Debut Is A Test Of Genetics, And Bettors' Wits

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Anyone trying to select a winner at the mule races this weekend in Winnemucca, Nev., will no doubt have a hard time choosing between Idaho Gem and Idaho Star [both are clones]. They may have different names, but they are not necessarily different mules.

China Clones Mad Cow-Resistant Calf

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Chinese scientists have cloned a calf that may be resistant to mad cow disease. The calf, weighing 55 kilograms (121 pounds), was born on Tuesday in eastern China's Shandong province with genes that are resistant to mad cow disease, Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, citing a local science institute.

Cloned Dog Celebrates First Birthday In South Korea

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

The world's first and only cloned dog celebrated its first birthday on Monday, as the leader of the South Korean team that produced the Afghan hound faced a criminal investigation for possible fraud and ethics violations.

ViaGen, Inc. Gallops Into Horse Cloning

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

DALLAS and AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Livestock cloning company ViaGen, Inc. is partnering with equine marketing firm Encore Genetics to create the first commercial horse cloning operation in the country. Today the companies launched the new entity with announcements about the births of two famous horse clones and news of other pregnancies.

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Cloned Pigs That Produce Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Researchers report they have created pigs that produce omega-3 fatty acids, which are known to improve heart function and help reduce the risks for heart disease, representing the first cloned transgenic livestock in the world that can make the beneficial compound. The research could be a boost to both farmers and health-conscious consumers seeking an alternative and safer source of omega-3 fatty acids...

Cloning Scientist Hwang Fired From University

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Disgraced cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk was fired on Monday from South Korea's most prestigious university -- a professional death-blow to the academic who first stunned the medical world with his groundbreaking research -- and then stunned the world again when his results were found to have been faked.

Cloning Research Egg Donor Plan

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Women in the UK will be allowed to donate their eggs solely for stem cell cloning experiments to find new ways of treating degenerative diseases.

Clone Scientist May Have Misspent Funds

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Hwang Woo-suk, the disgraced South Korean cloning scientist accused of faking his research results, may also have misspent government funds, South Korea's state auditor said Monday.

South Korean Cloning Expert's Stem Cells Do Not Exist: Prosecutors

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Prosecutors confirmed that cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk had fabricated key research, raising the likelihood that criminal charges could be filed against the disgraced South Korea scientist. Prosecutors said they had used DNA testing to prove that the researcher never created stem cells tailored to individuals as he had claimed in a 2005 scientific paper.None of the cells tested were found to...

Disgraced Cloning Pioneer Could Keep His Patents

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

A patent application, filed by disgraced stem cell scientist Woo Suk Hwang and colleagues and based on work now admitted to be fabricated, may nevertheless be granted, a New Scientist investigation has found.Furthermore, the filing of the application could present a substantial obstacle to anyone seeking future patents in the same field. The application was filed on 30 December 2003 by Hwang...

Cloned Stem Cells Prove Identical To Fertilized Stem Cells

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:00:00 AM GMT

Scientists generally agree that all cloned animals are biologically flawed. But they don't agree about what that means for stem cells derived from cloned embryos, the basis for therapeutic cloning.Also known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, therapeutic cloning is a promising approach to create individually customized cellular therapies for treating certain disorders. Demonstrated in mice but not...

New Blow To South Korea Clone Work

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

South Korea's disgraced human cloning scientist did not produce any stem cells tailored to individual patients as claimed, a panel has concluded. A Seoul National University panel said it believed that Hwang Woo-suk never had the data he said he had. Dr Hwang quit last week after the panel said some research was fabricated. Correspondents say the finding is important as individually-tailored...

Hwang Cloned Human Embryos But Not Patient-Tailored Stem Cells

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk and his team apparently achieved a world first by cloning human embryos even though parts of his later research data were faked, news reports say. It remains unclear, however, whether Hwang's team went on to produce patient-specific stem cells as claimed, Yonhap news agency and YTN TV said, quoting an unidentified official with Hwang's Seoul National...

Cloned Meat One Step Closer To Dinner Plate

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule soon that milk from cloned animals and meat from their offspring are safe to eat, raising the question of whether Americans are ready to welcome one of modern biology's most controversial achievements to the dinner table.Hundreds of cloned pigs, cows and other animals are already living on farms around the country, as companies and livestock...

Second Human Cloning Failure For Controversial Fertility Expert

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

A controversial fertility expert has today reported a second failure in his attempt to clone a human. Dr Panos Zavos, from the University of Kentucky in the United States, said his team had created four cloned embryos that were transferred to the womb of a 33-year-old Middle Eastern woman.However, none of the embryo transfers resulted in a pregnancy. Dr Zavos offered no scientific evidence to...

{1} And Forge Partnership, Contract With Clients To Provide First Ever Commercial Sale Of Cloned Horses In The U.S.; Leader In Animal Cloning Joins Forces With Performance Horse Experts; First Foals Will Be Born In Spring Of 2006

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2005--Animal cloning leader ViaGen, Inc. of Austin, TX and performance horse marketing experts Encore Genetics, Ltd. joined forces earlier this year to produce the first commercially cloned horses in the United States. Clones of six high-profile performance horses are currently being produced and because of the success of the 2005 season, Encore will expand...

Scientists Clone Pigs For Cancer Treatment

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

A team of South Korean scientists has created genetically altered pig clones, which produce an exorbitantly expensive substance that helps p a t i e n t s fight cancer.The team, led by professor Park Chang-sik at Chungnam National University, yesterday said they cloned four female piglets that will secrete GM-CSF in their milk in a year.

Snuppy, The World's First Cloned Dog, Takes A Bow-Wow

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

South Korean scientists announced they had carried out the first successful cloning of a dog, creating a duplicate of a three-year-old Afghan hound by using the same technique that gave the world Dolly the Sheep. The copycat canine, born on April 24, has been named Snuppy, for Seoul National University Puppy, they reported in Nature, the British weekly science journal.

Spain To Allow Therapeutic Cloning, Minister Says

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain plans to introduce legislation allowing therapeutic cloning, its Health Minister said on Monday, a decision likely to bring a new clash between the governing Socialists and the Roman Catholic church.In an interview in newspaper El Mundo, Elena Salgado said the legislation could be effective by next year."The Church has always been opposed to the advances of science...

Scientists Clone Marine DNA In "Drugs From The Sea" Breakthrough

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

A team of international scientists has successfully cloned marine DNA in a breakthrough it says will provide promising "drugs from the sea" to treat cancer and viral diseases. The team, working at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), says the cloning of DNA from marine organisms like sponges and sea squirts in E. coli bacteria could provide a sustainable supply of marine-derived pharmaceuticals...

World First: Scientists Succeed In Cloning Human Embryos From Eggs Matured In The Lab

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Scientists have cloned human embryos for the first time using unripe eggs matured in a dish -- a technique that may help cloning become a viable option for growing patients' own replacement tissue to treat diseases. The experiment, outlined Monday at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, brings the Belgians to the forefront of human cloning aimed at producing...

Stem Cells Could Develop Into Eggs

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Scientists in Britain have shown that stem cells extracted from human embryos can develop in the laboratory into the early forms of cells that become eggs or sperm. The research raises the possibility that one day eggs and sperm needed for infertility treatment could be grown in a dish. Preliminary experiments also suggest that scientists may eventually be able to use the technique to create a supply...

New Method Of Obtaining Embryonic Stem Cells Could Reduce Embryo Wastage

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Scientists in the USA have discovered a new way of obtaining embryonic stem cells that avoids contamination by other types of cells and reduces the numbers of embryos needed to create embryonic stem cell lines. Dr Takumi Takeuchi told the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday 20 June) that if he and his colleagues could replicate the research...

French Cloning To Aid Preservation Of Vietnam's Biodiversity

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

French researchers have begun an inventory of animal species in Vietnam and a program to clone those which are endangered to ensure their survival, the Agence France-Presse reported. One of these endangered species is the forest-dwelling ox or sao la (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), Vietnam's emblematic mammal which weighs about 100 kilograms (220 pounds), the news agency said."There is a sense of...

Company To Test Drugs With Stem Cell Research

Thu, 26 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The scientist who first isolated human embryonic stem cells in his laboratory now hopes to profit from the discovery. Even as a bruising debate unfolds in Washington over federal funding for stem cell research, Jamie Thomson and two colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have formed a company to test new drugs on heart cells they plan to develop from the undifferentiated master cells....

US Congress Defies Bush With Vote For Stem-Cell Research Funding

Wed, 25 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The US House of Representatives voted to approve federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research despite President George W. Bush saying he will veto such a bill. The measure passed the Republican dominated House by a 238-194 vote, paving the way for a confrontation between Bush and lawmakers in his own party over the controversial measure which divides many Americans.The measure still requires...

House Voting On Stem Cell Research Bills

Tue, 24 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Two bills that would loosen restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research take center stage Tuesday in the House, with disease victims pleading for help and President Bush vowing to veto legislation he says would let science destroy life to save life. "This is not an easy vote for many Republicans ... and some Democrats, too, because you have pro-life and other arguments," said the sponsor...

Dolly Creator To Ask Women To Donate Eggs

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The scientist who cloned Dolly the Sheep is to ask Scottish women volunteers to donate their eggs for stem cell research. Professor Ian Wilmut, from the Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Midlothian, said he would also join forces with South Korean researchers who last week announced they had achieved a major breakthrough in growing stem cells cloned from patients.Professor Wilmut is aiming to grow...

Scientists Speed Creation Of Stem Cells; South Korean Team Claims Cloning Breakthrough

Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

South Korean scientists have dramatically sped up the creation of human embryonic stem cells, growing 11 new batches that for the first time were a genetic match for injured or sick patients. It is a major advancement in the quest to grow patients' own replacement tissue to treat diseases.The same scientists last year were the first to clone a human embryo. Now they have improved, by more than...

Human Embryo Cloned For First Time In Britain

Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

A human embryo has been cloned for the first time in Britain, where such work is strictly regulated, scientists announced. Scientists at Newcastle University, the first in Britain to obtain a licence to carry out therapeutic cloning for stem cell research, said they had successfully produced a blastocyst -- a tiny, early-stage embryo consisting of a hollow ball of cells -- cloned from a human cell...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Reject Stem Cell Ban

Fri, 20 May 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Lawmakers Thursday rejected Gov. Mitt Romney's amendments to a stem cell research bill including a proposed ban on using cloned embryos for the purpose of obtaining stem cells to use in treating disease. Another of the rejected changes would define the beginning of life as the moment of conception; the bill defines it as the moment an embryo is implanted in the womb.The Republican governor ...

Champion Endurance Horse Cloned

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The birth of the world's second horse clone has been announced by scientists. The foal is a copy of a world endurance champion, Pieraz, an animal that has been castrated and was therefore incapable of normal reproduction. The research was undertaken by genetic engineering labs Cryozootech of Evry, France, and LTR-CIZ of Cremona, Italy, where the foal is being kept. The World's first horse...

No Problems With Meat, Milk From Cloned Animals

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Meat and milk from cloned animals is essentially identical to that from animals that reproduced normally, a new study says. The findings should ease safety concerns by both the public and regulators about eating cloned animals, said researcher Xiangzhong Yang of the Center for Regenerative Biology at the University of Connecticut. The study was published in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National...

Cloning Scientist Hwang Receives Honorary Doctorate

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk on Tuesday received an honorary doctorate from Pochon CHA University College of Medicine.The university conferred the honorary Ph.D. to Hwang in recognition of his medical work in stem cell research during its graduation ceremony.Hwang cloned human embryos and extracted stem cell lines last February for the first time in history.The medical...

Ressourcenzentrum Fur Genomforschung To Distribute GeneCopoeia's OmicsLink(TM) Human Full Length ORF Clones In Europe

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

GERMANTOWN, Md., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneCopoeia, Inc. and Deutsches Ressourcenzentrum fur Genomforschung GmbH (RZPD) announced today that they entered into a partnership to distribute GeneCopoeia's seven sets of 16,000 human OmicsLink(TM) ORF expression clones in the region of EU Member States, and Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey. These seven sets of expression-ready clones contain full...

Dolly Scientist Gets Human Cloning License

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

The British government Tuesday gave the creator of Dolly the Sheep a license to clone human embryos for medical research into the cause of motor neuron disease. Ian Wilmut, who led the team that created Dolly at Scotland's Roslin Institute in 1996, and motor neuron expert Christopher Shaw of the Institute of Psychiatry in London, plan to clone embyros to study how nerve cells go awry to cause the...

{1}'s Virtual Clones To Predict Therapy Outcome For Breast Cancer

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:00:00 AM GMT

RAMAT GAN & BEER SHEVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2005--Optimata Ltd. and the Soroka University Medical Center announced today the launch of a validation study for the treatment of breast cancer using Optimata's revolutionary Virtual Cancer Patient technology. The technology creates an in silico 'clone' for each patient and predicts how the patient will respond to leading cancer drugs such...

2004: The Year In Biology And Medicine

Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

Fears of a global flu pandemic, the inexorable spread of AIDS and the pervasiveness of tuberculosis were some of the threats which marked out 2004. But the year saw landmark advances too, with the cloning of the first human embryos, the birth of the first totally fatherless mammal and other significant steps forward in stem cell technology.

50,000 Worth Of Cute? Cloned Cats Go On Sale

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

Just in time for that last-minute holiday gift, a bioscience firm has announced the first sale of a cloned kitten, a male named "Little Nicky." Genetics Savings & Clone (GSC) of Sausalito, Calif., reports selling the kitten to a Texas woman for $50,000. Genetically, the kitten is a twin of the buyer's Maine Coon cat "Nicky," who died earlier this year. The owner declined to be identified in print...

"Dolly" Scientists May Clone Human Embryos

Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

The creators of Dolly the sheep, the world's first mammal cloned from an adult, want to create cloned human embryos for stem cell research, one of the scientists said Wednesday. The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, Scotland, said it is considering applying to the government's fertility authority for a license to carry out the procedure, known as therapeutic cloning. Ian Wilmut, who led the...

Cloned Gene From Sea Animal May Prove Key In Cancer Drug Development

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and their colleagues have taken a significant step forward in developing a new method to produce drug compounds with potential to treat various types of cancer. In the current issue of the journal Chemistry and Biology, scientists at Scripps, the University of Minnesota and the Life Sciences Institute describe...

{1} Release: Army-Funded Effort Examines Androgen's Role In Bone Loss

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. - An extensive, Oregon Health & Science University-led research effort examining the role of the male sex hormone androgen in bone formation has piqued the interest of the United States military.

The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, looking to reduce stress fractures and preserve bone health among its young recruits, is funding a four-year, $1.72 million...

Hair Cloning Nears Reality As Baldness Cure

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

Balding men and women take note. Hair cloning -- the next hair restoration remedy -- is on the way.OK, it's not exactly cloning, although that's what it's come to be called. Researchers working to perfect the new technique prefer the term "hair multiplication."And no, it's not ready for prime time. Not yet, says Ken Washenik, MD, PhD. Washenik is medical director for Bosley, the giant hair...

Biotech Cats Wouldn't Affect Allergies; Company Strives To Create Genetically Engineered Cats Free Of Allergy-Causing Proteins

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

The biotechnology revolution is shaking up the pet world. First came a cloned cat. Then came the fish genetically engineered to glow. Now, a Los Angeles company is exploiting the latest in biotechnology to create cats genetically engineered to be nearly free from the allergy-causing proteins that plague millions of people. Allerca Inc. president Simon Brodie said by 2007 the company will use RNA...

Harvard Seeks Permission To Clone Human Embryos

Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

Harvard University researchers said on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning technology to make human stem cells. They plan to use technology similar to that used by South Korean scientists, who announced in February they had cloned a human embryo as a source of valuable stem cells. It would be a first step toward personally tailored medical treatments for diseases such as juvenile...

Scientific American Magazine Stem Cell Panel Highlights Divisions Over Cloning Underlying Debate On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A vigorous debate yesterday among leading research and policy players presented by Scientific American magazine highlighted the connection between the controversies over stem cell research and human cloning.

Therapeutic cloning can be used to create new embryonic stem cells, undifferentiated cells that hold the promise for therapies ranging from...

Dolly Scientists' Human Clone Bid

Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

The scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep have formally applied for a licence to clone human embryos to find a cure for motor neurone disease. If granted, Professor Ian Wilmut's team at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute would clone cells from MND patients to see how the illness develops in an embryo. The licensing body, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority granted a similar licence in August...

Scepticism Over Cloning From Dead

Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:00:00 AM GMT

A controversial scientist, who failed in his attempts to clone a human in January, has met further scepticism over his latest cloning claims. US fertility doctor Panos Zavos says he has created a cloned embryo using tissue from dead people. Experts said such actions would exploit the vulnerability of grieving people who had been bereaved. But the Royal Society questioned "a lack of evidence...

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