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	Scientists claim monkey stem cell advance

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11-14-2007 12:30 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5d054ffe-0e86-49d7-8637-caa3e56c28ca/4EE11866-3F9C-4C97-A3B8-364D66FD394E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><H1>Scientists claim monkey stem cell advance</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>Scientists have created cloned embryos from adult monkeys and extracted stem cells from them – a potential breakthrough that could bring human cloning nearer, it has been claimed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>The success at the Oregon National Primate Research Centre in Portland could shed light on how to create human transplant tissue that is genetically matched to an ailing patient.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>Because stem cells can form all types of tissue, the approach might one day help treat conditions such as diabetes and spinal cord injury without fear of tissue rejection by the patient's body.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>The research has not been published yet, nor confirmed by other scientists. The claim of a similar breakthrough with human embryos by a South Korean scientist in 2004 turned out to be false. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/nov/14/stemcells.usnews?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront"><P>Scientists have tried for years to clone monkey embryos and extract stem cells because monkeys are more closely related to humans than other lab animals. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4EE11866-3F9C-4C97-A3B8-364D66FD394E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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