The issue of the use of long-handled belly putters was drawn into sharp focus by the success of golfers such as American Keegan Bradley, the first to win a major using the technique, and veteran South African Ernie Els, who claimed the British Open last year after switching to the method.

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The Japanese technique circumvents the major ethical problem that has made research using embryonic stem cells controversial.

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One study of a favored lead-removal technique, in 2010, found a 1.5% chance of major complications, which can include death.

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One of the major benefits of this development is that it only adds a single step to the manufacturing process, meaning that this technique can be adapted to current cells rather rapidly.

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