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Hwang Woo-Suk, the Korean scientist who gained international media attention for making fraudulent claims about cloning a human embryo, may have inadvertently made a significant breakthrough in stem cell research, a team of scientists led by a Harvard professor announced last week...
George Q. Daley, an associate professor at Harvard Medical school and a member of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Faculty Executive Committee, led the team that studied Hwang’s research. They determined that Hwang produced human stem cells through parthenogenesis, a process whereby an unfertilized egg begins to divide through external stimulation...
...proposal would provide for $500 million in bond funding that would be earmarked for capital projects, including a stem cell bank and gene research center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School...
While awaiting the debate on the bill, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Executive Director Brock C. Reeve said that all three aspects of Patrick’s proposal could potentially aid the mission of the institute and of the “greater Harvard network...
Though Reeve said he doesn’t want to be overconfident about the effect this proposal could have on the activities of the Institute—which has to date created more stem cell lines than any other facility in the world—he said that he hopes it will speed up the process of getting cutting-edge research to the people who can most benefit from...