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2000 April 22 Archives - News Weekly

Issue 2000 April 22


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Bioethics: Move to harvest human embryo stem cells

Patrick J. ByrneApr 22, 20004 min read

In a publicity exercise clearly designed to influence a Federal government inquiry into human cloning, Dr Alan Trounson and Dr Martin Pera, of the Monash Institute for Reproduction and Development at Monash University, have announced that they have used human embryo stem cells to grow human nerve cells.This latest announcement was reminiscent of the Institute’s publicity campaign featuring bouncing, smiling IVF babies at…