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Human embryonic stem cells are currently viewed as a very promising basis for regenerative medicine of the future. However, to be eligible for federal funding in the United States, researchers must work with federally approved human embryonic stem-cell lines — that is, the few lines derived before August 2001. There is a concerted effort and hope among scientists and legislators that federal funding could be extended to cover as yet nonexistent embryonic stem-cell lines if such lines could be derived without destroying a viable human embryo. The authors of two recent studies^1,2 have suggested that such lines can be derived . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Solter is the director of the Department of Developmental Biology, Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany.

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