This certainly sounds hopeful. The ability to preform such potentially valuable research without the ominous shadow of ethical controversy seems like a huge gain. Is there a downside to going this route if it works?
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Man Who Helped Start Stem Cell War May End It
By GINA KOLATA
Published: November 22, 2007
Dr. Thomson’s laboratory at the University of Wisconsin was one of two that in 1998 plucked stem cells from human embryos for the first time, destroying the embryos in the process and touching off a divisive national debate.
And on Tuesday, his laboratory was one of two that reported a new way to turn ordinary human skin cells into what appear to be embryonic stem cells without ever using a human embryo.
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My apologies if there's already a thread on this, I looked about but couldn't find one.