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Group wants to make new stem cell lines

South Korean researchers are proposing to develop new embryonic stem cell lines that would be offered to other researchers. A consortium led by Seoul National University’s Hwang Woo Suk would establish labs in Seoul, San Francisco and England to ââ?¬Å?cloneââ?¬Â embryos needed to generate stem cells with patients’ genetic characteristics, reports The New England Journal of Medicine.