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" The majority of couples who created embryos during the course of their infertility treatment would be happy to donate unused ones for research, according to a new study. In a survey of more than 1,000 US patients with frozen embryos, 60 per cent reported that they would be willing to donate excess embryos to stem cell research. These donations could result in 2,000 to 3,000 new stem cell lines, scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Duke University suggest. Lead investigator Dr Anne Drapkin Lyerly said the findings have &amp;quot;significant implications for potential policy change on stem cell research&amp;quot;.  She remarked: &amp;quot;Previous research indicates that there are approximately 400,000 frozen embryos stored in the United States; if half of those belong to people who are willing to donate embryos for research and only half that number were in fact donated, there could still be 100,000 embryos available for research.&amp;quot; In related news, Scottish scientists recently announced that they have discovered a way to harvest stem cells from unviable eggs which are normally discarded. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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