Top cloning experts gather in South Korea for clandestine test

One more reason why Frist's flip-flop on stem cells may not matter. Scientists are gathering in Seoul for "secret experiments." Top cloning experts gather in South Korea for clandestine test I'm not sure, but I think the secret's out ... quote!

The scientists were led by South Korea's Hwang Woo-Suk, Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the creator of the cloned sheep Dolly, Professor Ian Wilmut of Scotland's Roslin Institute.

They would not say what the experiment would be about, but said it was expected to be over early next week.

Schatten however told journalists it would be a scientific "milestone" and indicated it could be aimed at combining achievements made in cloning and stem cell research to develop ways to treat incurable diseases.

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These stem cells carry the identical genes of patients because they are extracted from cloned human embryos produced by combining adult cells from the patients and human eggs from donors, the scientists said.

This means they will not be rejected by the patients' immune systems, they said.

Cloning and discarding human embryos for the service of the living is already happening.