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Comment on Peter Lachmann's article ‘Stem cell research—why is it regarded as a threat?’ in EMBO reports , March 2001
Author(s) -
Helmreich Ernst J M
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1093/embo-reports/kve118
Subject(s) - embryonic stem cell , stem cell , human cloning , psychoanalysis , psychology , biology , law , political science , genetics , gene
Peter Lachmann, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Professor of Immunology at the University of Cambridge, gives us his reasons for supporting the British Government's decision of January 22, 2001, to allow therapeutic cloning in order to harvest human embryonic stem cells. He eloquently and persuasively rejects some common objections to the use of these pluripotent cells to treat a number of diseases. I agree with his medical arguments in support of stem cell therapy and …