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06-27-2006, 08:15 AM
http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=d66f7680-8dea-44e8-8419-7de4ba446233
Embryos approved in stem cell research
Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service
Published: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Canada's lead health research agency has for the first time authorized the use of days-old human embryos for a stem cell project.
The governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has given conditional approval for a controversial project to use "fresh" as well as frozen human embryos for stem cell research, officials said Monday.
The $523,000 project, which has been under review for a year, will use surplus embryos donated by people who have undergone fertility treatment. The tiny embryos, composed of just a few cells, would be destroyed as the researchers try to harvest embryonic stem cells. The hope is that understanding the potent cells might one day lead to treatments for everything from Parkinson's disease to heart disease.
The project will to be led by researchers in Toronto and will involve teams in Vancouver and Hamilton.
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Embryos approved in stem cell research
Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service
Published: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Canada's lead health research agency has for the first time authorized the use of days-old human embryos for a stem cell project.
The governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has given conditional approval for a controversial project to use "fresh" as well as frozen human embryos for stem cell research, officials said Monday.
The $523,000 project, which has been under review for a year, will use surplus embryos donated by people who have undergone fertility treatment. The tiny embryos, composed of just a few cells, would be destroyed as the researchers try to harvest embryonic stem cells. The hope is that understanding the potent cells might one day lead to treatments for everything from Parkinson's disease to heart disease.
The project will to be led by researchers in Toronto and will involve teams in Vancouver and Hamilton.
More...