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Human embryo cloned

WASHINGTON, NOV. 25. A U.S. company said today that it had cloned a human embryo in a breakthrough experiment aimed not at creating a human being, but at mining the embryo for stem cells used to treat diseases.

The company, Advanced Cell Technology Inc., based in Worcester, Massachusetts, said it had, for the first time, used cloning technology to grow a tiny ball of cells that could then be used as a source of stem cells. Stem cells are a kind of master cells that can grow into any kind of cell in the body.

- Reuters

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