AFP Report on 'Potential Breakthrough' Flags Embryonic Stem Cell Resea

January 23rd, 2013 10:30 AM
An unbylined Agence France-Presse report Wednesday opens by telling readers that Japanese researchers "have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells for the first time, in a potential first step towards helping millions who depend on dialysis." Another version of the report at another website identifies the reporter as Harumi Ozawa; an accompanying picture caption describes the…