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Top cloning experts from Britain,South Korea and the United States working on ways to use stem cells to treat incurable diseases gathered here to kick-off a week-long secret experiment.
The scientists were led by South Korea’s Hwang Woo-Suk, Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the creator of the cloned sheep Dolly, Professor Ian Wilmut of Scotland’s Roslin Institute.
They would not say what the experiment would be about, but said it was expected to be over early next week.
Schatten however told journalists it would be a scientific “milestone” and indicated it could be aimed at combining achievements made in cloning and stem cell research to develop ways to treat incurable diseases.
Hwang, a professor at Seoul National University, and Schatten are co-authors of a landmark study published in May in which they said they had produced “therapeutic” stem cells.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050802/sc_afp/healthsciencestemcell
The scientists were led by South Korea’s Hwang Woo-Suk, Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the creator of the cloned sheep Dolly, Professor Ian Wilmut of Scotland’s Roslin Institute.
They would not say what the experiment would be about, but said it was expected to be over early next week.
Schatten however told journalists it would be a scientific “milestone” and indicated it could be aimed at combining achievements made in cloning and stem cell research to develop ways to treat incurable diseases.
Hwang, a professor at Seoul National University, and Schatten are co-authors of a landmark study published in May in which they said they had produced “therapeutic” stem cells.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050802/sc_afp/healthsciencestemcell