Stem cell breakthrough in Japan

Nov 23 - Japanese scientists have succeeded in creating embryonic stem cells without using embryos.

The bio-team from Kyoto University announced their discovery on 20th. Nov, 2007 along with another team from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S. who'd made the same breakthough during separate research.

It's expected this development will clear a major ethical roadblock to the medical use of the technology.