Advanced Cell Technology created the misimpression through its disingenuous press release that it had not destroyed embryos in its recently internationally touted experiment, although such deception is not in the actual Nature report. Nature is making sure that this is clear with an amended press release of its own, which reads in relevant part (as we lawyers like to put it):
“We feel it necessary to explain that this paper demonstrates that human ES cells can be grown from single cells but that the embryos that were used for these experiments did not remain intact.”
Actually, the experiment shows that they may be able to be grown from single cells, but never mind. The point is that the embryos in the experiment were, in fact, destroyed.
How long do you all think it will take for the New York Times and others to point this out? If history is any guide, we shouldn’t hold our breaths.
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