it is possible with animals -- mymbryology professor did it with frog embryos in the 1970s but i dont think it has ever been done with humans.
hilary
--- On Sun, 10/24/10, mschild <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: mschild <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Stem Cell Update
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Date: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3:22 AM
> I'm curious: does anyone know if it's possible to harvest ESCs from an
> embryo without destroying or killing the embryo?
>
I doubt it. The embryo they are using have very few cells, they are very young
and small and look like a little ball of cells
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