UK News 11-02-2005 who: Cloning pioneer Professor Ian Wilmut what: Granted licence to clone human embryos for research into motor neurone disease where: Roslin Instititute, EDINBURGH when: Tuesday snippet: The creator of Dolly the sheep "plans to use the techniques he pioneered when he cloned the world`s first mammal in 1996 to investigate the cause of motor neurone disease (MND)," says Gerard Seenan in The Guardian. "The researchers will use therapeutic cloning, or cell nuclear replacement, to generate stem cells that carry the genetic defect which causes MND. These stem cells can then be turned into motor neurones, allowing researchers to investigate what causes the cells to degenerate and produce the disease." [... more]

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