Scientist to give away new stem cell lines for research

Harvard biologist Douglas Melton wants to find a cure for diabetes because both his children have it. He announced Wednesday that he has created 17 new lines of embryonic stem cells that can be used in research, although not in federally funded research because of Bush Administration policy. Melton is willing to give them to scientists for free.

Read a Boston Globe article on Melton’s work and the embryonic stem cell debate.

And here’s the New England Journal of Medicine report to the research community in which Melton and his colleagues announced their work.