If you haven't heard already, there's been two big news stories on the stem cell cloning front. One from Nottingham, UK and one from South Korea. the South Korean scientists say they have made stem cells tailored to match the individual for the first timeEach of the 11 new stem cell lines that they made were created by taking genetic material from the patient and putting it into a donated egg. The resultant cells were a perfect match for the individual and could mean treatments for diseases like diabetes without problems of rejection. The study, published in Science, has been hailed as a major advance. Meanwhile, UK scientists at Newcastle University announced they had successfully produced a cloned embryo using donated eggs and genetic material from stem cells. Although a long way behind the Korean research, it was the first time a human cloned embryo had been created in Britain. Critics said these "cloning" techniques are unethical. [BBC News]