 |
 |
"The success came through minor technical tweaks. The researchers used inactivated Sendai virus (known to induce fusion of cells) to unite the egg and body cells, and an electric jolt to activate embryo development. When their first attempts produced six blastocysts but no stable cell lines, they added caffeine, which protects the egg from premature activation." Why does this make me think about Frankenstein? ;-)) Nic 61/19 On 15 May 2013 18:13, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > SCNT is back in the news > > http://www.nature.com/news/human-stem-cells-created-by-cloning-1.12983 > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Past Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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