A group of researchers have successfully cloned primate embryos for the first time and used them to create stem cells, opening up the possibility that the same could potentially be done with humans. Using a technique called “somatic cell nuclear transfer,” the researchers produced rhesus macaque monkey embryos from adult monkey skin cells and isolated two embryonic stem cell lines from them, according to the paper entitled “Producing primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer,” reported Wednesday in an advance online publication of the journal Nature.
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Monkey Cloning May Open Door to Therapeutic Stem Cell Advances
Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 14, 2007 01:49 PMA group of researchers have successfully cloned primate embryos for the first time and used them to create stem cells, opening up the possibility that the same could potentially be done with humans. Using a technique called “somatic cell nuclear transfer,” the researchers produced rhesus macaque monkey embryos from adult monkey skin cells and isolated two embryonic stem cell lines from them, according to the paper entitled “Producing primate embryonic stem cells by somatic cell nuclear transfer,” reported Wednesday in an advance online publication of the journal Nature.