UCSF Scientists Provide Overview on State of Therapeutic Cloning Studies

Ten years ago Thursday, the public learned that Scottish scientists had cloned a sheep. On NPR's All Things Considered, UCSF stem cell scientists Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, and Susan Fisher, PhD, spoke with science reporter Joe Palca about their efforts to study the human embryo in a difficult political climate, and confirm that cloned human embryos will inevitably produce stem cell therapies. California announced some of the first grants for stem cell research last week. Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, told NPR's Day to Day that the assurance of state funding will allow UCSF to plan an embryonic stem cell research program into the future, which was difficult in the climate of ethical and political challenges to the research. Related Links: Human Cloning May Be Just Around the Corner
All Things Considered, NPR, February 22, 2007 Stem-Cell Research Funding in California
Day to Day, NPR, February 16, 2007 UCSF Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Receives Infusion of Funds
UCSF News Release, February 16, 2007 UCSF Plays Significant Role in Stem Cell Research
UCSF Today, October 27, 2006 UCSF's Kriegstein Weighs in on Reasons to Expand Federal Stem Cell Funding
UCSF Today, July 17, 2006 UCSF Scientists Begin Studies to Create Cloned Human Embryos
UCSF Today, June 7, 2006 Stem Cell Research at UCSF