Stem Cell Research Archives

SHOW SUMMARY | Harvard researchers attempt creation of disease-specific embryonic stem cell lines

Posted June 13, 2006

After more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston have been cleared to begin experiments using Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease-specific stem cell lines in an effort to develop treatments for a wide range of now-incurable conditions afflicting tens of millions of people. more...