Saturday, March 9, 2002

Whitehead Press Releases Therapeutic Cloning Scientists Combine Therapeutic Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cells, and Gene Therapy to Correct a Genetic Defect in Mice While the promise of nuclear transplantation therapy, commonly referred to as "therapeutic cloning," has given hope to patients, like Christopher Reeve, and excited the research community and the public, it has never been successfully demonstrated. Now, scientists from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research have used a mouse model to establish for the first time that a combination of nuclear transplantation, gene therapy, and embryonic stem cell differentiation can be used to create custom-tailored cellular therapies for genetic disorders. Further Information MSNBCNews.com — Fetal stem cells boost brainpower The New York Times — Therapeutic Cloning Shown to Work, at Least in Mice Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation TESTIMONY BY CHRISTOPHER REEVE MARCH 5, 2002 Science Daily — Transplanted Stem Cells Restore Function In Stroke 10:20:55 PM    comment

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