This is important news for diagnosis and possibly treatment of disease. Removing the ethical concerns associated with embryonic stem cells will mean that research can now delve deeply into what may be possible for humankind via stem cell therapies. It seems some bugs remain to be worked out, but the sense of optimism is strong that the technique will be further refined.
"Researchers and ethicists not involved in the findings say the work, conducted by independent teams from Japan and Wisconsin, should reshape the stem cell field. At some time in the near future, they said, today’s debate over whether it is morally acceptable to create and destroy human embryos to obtain stem cells should be moot.
“Everyone was waiting for this day to come,” said the Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center. “You should have a solution here that will address the moral objections that have been percolating for years,” he added."
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