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Again, we can get stem cells without killing unborn babies.

Currently, scientists must sacrifice human embryos to harvest such cells, which can form any tissue type and are seen as valuable for studying and treating illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

Objections to the embryo destruction have led to a ban on federal funding for such work, which scientists say hampers research.

The new methods, detailed Sunday in the online edition of the journal Nature, seek to obtain the cells without destroying embryos.