Press Release - CBHD Condemns Stanford University Human Cloning Project CBHD Dismayed at Stanford University's Plans to Create Embryonic Stem Cell Lines, Possibly Clone Human Embryos
Chicago, Illinois - December 11, 2002 - Yesterday, Stanford University announced the establishment of a project to create stem cell lines using a cloning method that would transfer the genetic material of an adult cell to a embryonic stem cell. Project director Irving Weissman indicated that this is the "preferred method" of creating the lines, but that if it failed, the project would likely clone human embryos to obtain them.