Oregon scientist reports first ES cells from cloned primate embryos
Monkey embryonic stem cells have, for the first time, been created through nuclear transfer. All attempts to make human embryonic stem cells through nuclear transfer so far have failed, but Jamie Thomson got the recipe for human embryonic stem cells by first doing so in monkeys, so researchers will likely be going to Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health Sciences for advice. Mitalipov made his announcement Monday at the International Society for Stem Cell Research in Carins, Australia.