Whether cloning human babies or baby sheep, the concept of using adult or embryonic stem cells to produce another being or to heal a sick one is highly controversial.But that didn’t stop Bernard Siegel from ditching his 30-year law career to found and direct the Genetics Policy Institute, which is staging its eighth annual World Stem Cell Summit next December in West Palm Beach. – See more at: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.org/news/news/stem-cell-group-genetics-policy-institute-plans-su/nMFHw/#sthash.pBtGP3gP.dpuf
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