Small-scale technique hits the big time

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An explosive chemical technique can now be used to identify individual molecules in biological samples, down to the single-cell level.

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Advanced Cell Technology Researchers Create Embryonic Stem Cells Using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Company Says

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Robert Lanza, medical director of ACT, and colleagues described a technique that could derive embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo. They removed 91 blastomeres from 16 thawed embryos donated by fertility clinic patients and found that more than half of the blastomeres began to multiply and that in two cases the blastomeres became embryonic stem cells

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