New Stem Cell Lines Offer Clues to Inherited Disease

NPR | By Joe Palca,

Steve Inskeep

Published June 10, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Scientists in the United States and Israel have developed new embryonic stem cell lines that possess the genes for specific diseases. The lines could help broaden understanding of the roots of some inherited diseases. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Joe Palca.

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