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Nature Medicine 13, 766 (2007)
Published online: 29 June 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0707-766a
Oz stem cell clinic turns to diseased embryos
Simon Grose1
- Canberra
Abstract
Discarded embryos could yield stem cell lines to study diseases.
As scientists close in on ways to create embryonic stem cell lines without destroying human embryos (see main article, right), some groups are turning to discarded embryos that carry genes for certain diseases.Sydney IVF, an Australian in vitro fertilization clinic and cell line provider, screens embryos before they are implanted for more than 100 diseases caused by mutations in a single gene or by chromosomal translocations.
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