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The source of this article is ABC News Australia: http://tinyurl.com/7fb7g Sunday June 5, 12:28 PM Approval sought for animal egg, human stem cell research An Australian researcher is calling for changes to federal legislation, to allow the creation of diseased human embryonic stem cells grown in animal eggs. The request comes as a new Federal Government committee prepares to review cloning laws, which currently do not permit the research. The director of Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories in Melbourne, Professor Alan Trounson, says the scientific work could have long-term impacts for patients with cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. He says while growing embryos in a human egg is preferable, eggs in animals such as rabbits would also work. "This would just give us an embryonic stem cell line which would in fact be a human embryonic human stem cell line, but it would be used solely for research and discovery," he said. "This way you're not using scarce resources like human eggs and if it works then I think we can develop stem cell lines for a very broad range of diseases." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn