Embryonic stem cell research around the world has suffered some political setbacks in recent weeks. First, Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected the recommendations of the Lockhart Review that the current law should be amended to permit research into therapeutic cloning; a few weeks later, President Bush overruled the votes...
Since its origins eight years ago, the field of human embryonic stem (ES) cell research has stirred perhaps more ethical debate than any other scientific advance of recent years. Between the age-old arguments regarding embryo research, debates about egg donation, false claims regarding human cloning and recent furore over scientific...
The regulation of research using human embryos is one of the most ethically complex areas of law in any country. Since 2002, in Australia, research on human embryos, including creating human embryonic stem (ES) cells, has been governed by the Research Involving Human Embryos Act and the Prohibition of Human...
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