VIDEO: Haploid Human Embryonic Stem Cells (VIDEO)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Scientists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Columbia University Medical Center and The New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute have succeeded in generating a new type of embryonic stem cell that carries a single copy of the human genome, instead of the two copies typically found in normal stem cells.

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