Stem Cell Research News – Newsletter for December 22, 2010

Baby boy makes medical history as UK’s first “saviour sibling”

LONDON – A baby boy in Britain has become the first “saviour sibling” to be created in the UK after doctors cultivated embryos that could provide stem cells to treat a life-threatening disease his sister has been suffering since birth.

Max Matthews, who is just 17-months-old, gave his elder sister Megan, 9, the ultimate Christmas present …. Source article  : Baby boy makes medical history as UK’s first “saviour sibling”.