The head of the Cell and Gene Therapy group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Dr. Jordi Barquinero, commented to the Catalan newspaper ARA and to the news agency Europa Press, the landmark study by researchers from Oregon Health & Service University on the creation of human stem cells through cloning. VHIR researcher highlighted that the American study “is the first step for the creation of human clones because it has been produced a real embryo” which could be developed if it is implanted into the uterus. Nonetheless, he stressed that the embryo “wouldn’t have probably reach the following phase of fetus because the system is still very inefficient and nobody would dare doing it”. Dr. Barquinero outlined that several technical limitations have been overcome with this study, but it actually must be seen if the cells obtained in the lab will act like normal embryonic stem cells. In any case, he concluded that there is still a long way to walk for the use of these embryos as a therapy against some diseases.