Cybrid human embryos--warranting opportunities to augment embryonic stem cell research.
Trends Biotechnol
; 26(9): 469-74, 2008 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
The recent vote in the British Parliament allows scientists in principle to create hybrid embryos by transferring human somatic cell nuclei into animal oocytes. This vote opens a fascinating new area of research with the central aim of generating interspecific lines of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that could potentially be used to understand development, differentiation, gene expression and genomic compatibility. It will also promote human cell therapies, as well as the pharmaceutical industry's search for new drug targets. If this approach is to be successful, many biological questions need to be answered and, in addition, some moral and ethical aspects must be taken into account.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Creación de Embriones para Investigación
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Embrión de Mamíferos
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Células Madre Embrionarias
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Técnicas de Transferencia Nuclear
Aspecto:
Ethics
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Trends Biotechnol
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
República Checa