Dolly scientist: abandon embryonic stem cell research

Baptist Press - Dolly scientist: abandon embryonic stem cell research - News with a Christian Perspective: Ian Wilmut told a crowd of stem cell researchers in La Jolla, CA, that because embryonic stem cells tend to lead to tumors, scientists should spend their time on non-embryonic forms of research, particularly on a new method called direct reprogramming. In direct reprogramming, scientists avoid stem cells altogether and, for instance, reprogram a skin cell directly into a nerve cell. Researchers have had success doing just that with lab mice. It has the support of ethicists who have opposed embryonic research.

Wilmut wasn't making his argument on ethical grounds but mere feasibility.

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