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Researchers find stem cell solution

For years, the promise of embryonic stem cells has been corrupted by the inescapable reality that most, if not all, lines of those cells are so contaminated by animal cells that they never would be usable for human research. But scientists at the WiCell Research Institute and University of Wisconsin-Madison may have leaped over a substantial hurdle in the dream to someday use those cells to treat human diseases.