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___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:41:17 -0700 "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > SCIENCE NEWS >August 02, 2007 >Korean Cloned Human Cells Were Product of "Virgin Birth" >Fraudulent cloned cells were likely the first example of a human egg turned >directly into stem cells >By JR Minkel > >ORIGIN OF KOREAN CLONED CELLS: Hoo Suk Hwang, the South Korean researcher >who fraudulently claimed to have created cells from cloned human embryos, >may in fact have stumbled onto the first stem cells made directly from human >eggs. >Researchers say they have confirmed suspicions that embryonic stem cells >claimed to be extracted from the first cloned human embryo by discredited >South Korean scientist Woo Suk Hwang actually owe their existence to >parthenogenesis, a process in which egg cells give rise to embryos without >being fertilized by sperm. >A series of genetic markers sprinkled throughout the cells' chromosomes show >the same pattern found in parthenogenetic mice as opposed to cloned mice, >according to a report published online today in the journal Cell Stem Cell. > >The result suggests that, although Hwang deceived the world about achieving >the first human cloning, his group was first to succeed in performing human >parthenogenesis, which may offer a way of creating cells that are >genetically matched to a woman for transplantation back into her body to >treat degenerative diseases. >"I think this is an extremely important-and solid-paper," says stem cell >researcher Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific >development at Applied Cell Technology, a regenerative medicine company >headquartered in Alameda, Calif., who did not take part in the study. "It >conclusively proves that the stem cell line in question was not cloned as >claimed, but rather was generated through parthenogenesis." >The result follows on the heels of an announcement last month by another >California stem cell company, International Stem Cell Corporation (ISC) in >Oceanside, that it had successfully achieved human parthenogenesis for the >first time. Last year, Italian researchers claimed to have achieved the same >feat but have yet to publish their results. >"The fact that this has now been achieved by two independent groups gives me >a far greater degree of confidence," Lanza says. >The new finding brings a measure of closure to a story that first rocked the >science world in February 2004, when Hwang and colleagues at Seoul National >University announced they had cloned a female donor's cell by transferring >its nucleus into one of her egg cells stripped of its nucleus in a procedure >known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), and harvested embryonic stem >cells from the resulting fusion. They published the result the next month in >Science. > >FIRST (DELIBERATE) HUMAN PARTHENOTE: In late June, a California company >published the first report of cells derived from human eggs stimulated to >grow into embryos. >Rayilyn Brown >Board Member AZNPF >Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation >[log in to unmask] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn