Harvard has human cloning plans
Institute seeks nod to create embryos using genes from patients with diabetes, Parkinson's
Oct 14, 2004
Two Harvard University teams plan to produce cloned human embryos, the Boston Globe reported earlier this week. Doug Melton and Kevin Eggan are seeking permission from Harvard's stem cell research committee to make embryos carrying the genetic material of patients with type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's, while George Daley and Leonard Zon are planning similar experiments to study immune deficiency and other disorders of the bone marrow, but have not yet formally sought permission.
The Harvard efforts represent the first potential attempt to clone human embryos at a US institution since a failed effort by University of California at San Francisco researchers in 2001. This February in