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When You Can't Find a Placenta, Go to Norway

Jan 26, 2007

Following on our post about how to isolate stem cells from a placenta, this news report from the AP gives hope to scientists who think maybe, just maybe, human placentas don't grow on trees. According to the article, the Norwegian government is considering repealing a ban on research using human embryonic stem cells.

 

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