You Say Embryo, I Say Parthenote

Parthenogenetic stem cells Image: From "Derivation of High-Purity Definitive Endoderm from Human Parthenogenetic Stem Cells using an in vitro Analog of the Primitive Streak," by Nikolay Turovets et al., in Cell Transplantation, Vol. 20, No. 6; June 2011

Check out the Scientific American article, then for more information, see the BSCRF article, "The History of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment" on the ban on federal funding of non-embryonic, parthenote stem cell research.

And also, see the BSCRF one-minute video, "What Are Parthenote Stem Cells?"

Thanks to your donations, Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation is one of the few laboratories able to work on parthenote, non-embryonic, stem cell research.

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