ACT scientists modified a diagnostic procedure used in fertility clinics to create the first embryonic stem cell lines without destroying the embryos in the process. (discovermagazine.com)
Many opponents of embryonic stem cell research hail this news as an important step away from research methods that rely on destroying embryos. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
But stem cells are a hot political topic, because researching stem cells from human embryos typically involves destroying those embryos. (science.howstuffworks.com)