Is this true, or are adult stem cells and cord cells in fact viable alternatives that avoid the moral controversies that are at the core of the embryonic stem cell debate?

CNN: Future Summit stem cell forum

But Josephine Quintavalle, director of Comment on Reproductive Ethics (Core), which opposes embryonic stem cell therapies, dismissed the research as "highly speculative".

BBC: Green light for US stem cell work

The new manufacturing plant will be complementary to Angel's existing core business in advanced biologics, which includes biopharmaceutical proteins and cell therapies, such as stem cells.

BBC: Edinburgh firm Angel Biotechnology buys collagen plant