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Published online 28 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040927-7
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Clones may aid work on motor neuron disease
British researchers apply for licence to generate human brain cells.
The British scientist who created Dolly the sheep has applied for a licence to clone human embryos in the search for treatments for motor neuron disease. If approved, the research should give experts a far better picture of what happens to the dying brain cells that characterize this condition.
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