Stem cell researchers reacted with enthusiasm and reservations to a report that scientists have found stem cells in amniotic fluid, a discovery that would allow them to sidestep the controversy over destroying embryos for research.
Researchers at Wake Forest University and Harvard University reported Sunday that the stem cells they drew from amniotic fluid donated by pregnant women hold much the same promise as embryonic stem cells.
….Andrew Cohn, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, said the discovery is an exciting step forward, but that it represents a continuum of all types of research, including studies of adult and embryonic stem cells, all of which must continue.