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Blastomeres and stem cells

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Generating human stem cells from a single cell recovered during preimplantation genetic diagnosis does not, in principle, harm the embryo. Can the approach be used in assisted reproductive technology programmes?

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Figure 1: Production of embryonic stem-cell lines.

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