Editor's Summary
20 October 2005
'Ethical' stem cells
Two papers going live on Nature AOP this week present proof-of-principle tests in mice of ways of making human pluripotent stem cells with a difference. Both aim to satisfy the religious, ethical and political objections of opponents of embryonic stem-cell research. First reactions to these papers are reported in the News pages.
News: 'Ethical' routes to stem cells highlight political divide
Novel methods seek to avoid destruction of viable embryos.
Carina Dennis and Erika Check
doi: 10.1038/4371072b
