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Article: Human embryonic stem cell research. (Feature/Chronique).
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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We've all been hearing about this stem cell debate, but if you miss a day, you miss a lot. By the time you read this, the federal government may have already stepped into the fray with a draft legislation. With a decision so imminent, knowing the history of this debate is all the more important.
In November of 1998, there were three dramatic announcements of successful privately-funded research on the derivation of human stem cells. James Thomson and colleagues announced that they had isolated human embryonic stem cells from embryos remaining after infertility treatment [1]. John Gearhart and colleagues announced that they had isolated human embryonic germ cells ...