Lung cells from embryo cells
A group of UK researchers has managed to grow lung cells in the laboratory using mouse embryo stem cells - cells that can potentially develop into a wide range of different tissues. Team leader Anne Bishop, of the Imperial College Centre for Tissue Engineering, presented the findings at a recent stem...
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Parliament and the future of embryo research
by Juliet Tizzard
I write this commentary on the eve of an important vote in the British Parliament. Tomorrow, members of the House of Commons will decide upon the future of embryo stem cell research. We don't know what the outcome of tomorrow's vote will be. But if the regulations fail, it will...