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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fuzzy1018: [QB] EDITORIAL: Little enthusiasm for new stem-cell technique Aug 28 2006 8:04AM ET ACTC -- Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. Com ($0.001) COMPANY NEWS AND PRESS RELEASES FROM OTHER SOURCES: EDITORIAL: Little enthusiasm for new stem-cell technique Aug 28, 2006 (The Kansas City Star - McClatchy-Tribune Business News via COMTEX) -- A reported "breakthrough" development in stem-cell research has received an appropriately lackluster reception from many scientists. Advanced Cell Technology, a Massachusetts-based biotech lab, said it could develop stem-cell lines from a single cell that would be removed from an embryo at a very early stage of development. The company's officers promoted their technique as a compromise in the controversy over using human embryos for medical research. The embryo would retain the potential for development, they said, while new stem-cell lines could be used in the search for cures. But for most scientists, and most Americans, no compromise is necessary. Embryonic stem-cell research involves either using embryos left over from fertility procedures, which would otherwise be discarded; or using an electronic or chemical catalyst to coax a human egg to develop in a lab dish. Either procedure involves miniscule clusters of cells. Attempts to describe them as research on human beings are deceptive. The technique proposed by Advanced Cell Technology is technically difficult, and its ability to generate stem-cell lines is unproven, according to William Neaves, president of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City. It isn't an acceptable substitute for somatic cell nuclear transfer, the procedure some Missouri politicians wrongheadedly are trying to ban. That procedure has the potential to create healing cells that are a genetic match with the patient. Also, scientists think that cells acquired through somatic cell nuclear transfer are vital for teaching researchers how to repair damaged nerves, limbs and organs. Last week's announcement by Advanced Cell Technology does speak to the eagerness among scientists to advance stem-cell research. A proposed constitutional amendment on the Nov. 7 ballot in Missouri would guarantee the state's universities and research institutions the right to conduct all scientific research not banned by federal law. As a bold attempt to safeguard ethical, potentially lifesaving science, it deserves enthusiastic support. Copyright (c) 2006, The Kansas City Star, Mo. -0- SUBJECT CODE: KC Search for Dun & Bradstreet reports on this company. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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