X-Message-Number: 18740 From: "Jan" <> Subject: Fw: Human clone claim in cow Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 20:57:54 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0048_01C1C7AD.156C4010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: basie To: CryoNet Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:53 PM Subject: Human clone claim in cow Human clone claim Seoul - South Korean researchers claim to have produced an early-stage human embryo clone in a procedure that could be used for medical purposes. Researchers at the Maria Infertility Hospital Medical Institute in Seoul made the announcement on Friday. They said they had transferred genetic material from human cells into the egg cells of a cow. The cells split and turned into early-stage embryos or blastocysts, which displayed up to 99% human characteristics, according to the leader of the research team, Park Se Pil. It would be impossible for the embryos to become fully grown human beings. But the researchers hope to use the method to produce stem cells that have the potential to become more mature cells that can be used to produce human tissue. - Sapa/DPA ------=_NextPart_000_0048_01C1C7AD.156C4010 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18740