Old donors, New clones

Mon Jun 02 18:04:00 -0700 2008
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Researchers want to use harvested embryonic stem cells for research. Although that isn't news, using donated cells from people who have passed away up to 30 years ago is. In the UK, they need permission from the donors, something hard to do if the donor is deceased. At issue are people who donated their bodies to science long ago, and now the researchers want an exception to the laws to actually do some research as the donors intended.

.."Many laboratories have banks of stored tissue which act as DNA libraries that can play a vital role in finding cures for serious disorders such as diabetes and motor neurone disease."