Latest Stem-Cell Technique by Worcester, Mass., Firm May Widen Debate on Life.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: February 1, 2002 | Copyright information

By Raja Mishra, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 1--Scientists at Advanced Cell Technology Inc. in Worcester have found a way to trick unfertilized monkey eggs into growing as though they were impregnated, a feat of biological artistry that could provide a new source of stem cells for use in disease research.

The laboratory sleight-of-hand -- called parthenogenesis, a Greek word for virgin origin -- has been done many times before, b...

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