From Jones and Bartlett, a book on Stem Cells from Dr. Ann A. Kiessling and Scott C. Anderson:

Human Embryonic Stem Cells: An Introduction to the Science and Therapeutic Potential

Selected Articles:

Creation of male/female embryos shows need for federal oversight
Chicago Tribune
July 13, 2003
Why use male cells in female embryos? This is just simple (if naive) practicality: Y chromosomes can be distinguished with a quick and inexpensive test. If the implanted cells became incorporated into the embryo, they would be easy to spot. So [Norbert Gleicher]'s team placed up to three male cells into female embryos that were 21 days old.

Of Pharmers and Chimeras
Spiked Online
August 6, 2002
The green fields that ostentatiously carpet the hills of Scotland are home to the drug factories of the Roslin Institute. These factories produce only a modest amount of gas, and nobody in the neighborhood is complaining. After all, these 'factories' are sheep, genetically engineered to produce human proteins in their milk.

The Big Chill
Tech Central Station
August 5, 2002
Current administration research policies are chasing away or dissuading some of America's best minds.

Playing God
Salon.com
June 18, 2002
Bush's bioethics czar Leon Kass wants to criminalize lifesaving medical research because it violates the natural order of things. Would he have opposed wiping out smallpox?

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