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South Korean scientists, funded by their government, made a major breakthrough that was announced in the last week. They have been able to produce stem cells from an individual patient, rather than from DNA from a mouse. This is a profound leap forward but we are still a long way from therapeutic treatment.
I read that a compromise in using frozen embryos is being considered, whereby the donors would give informed consent for their use rather than having them destroyed. It is further stipulated that no money can change hands, to prevent some sort of embryo factory for profit. That strikes me as being a very pro-life position that could find some common ground.
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