Obesity and smoking can result in changes to genetic material indicative of cellular aging, according to a new UK study. The research, carried out at St Thomas' Hospital in London, shows that women who are obese, or who are heavy smokers have shorter telomeres - protective caps on the ends of...
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said that the country's laws restricting research on human embryonic stem (ES) cells should be loosened. Currently, German scientists can work on imported ES cell lines, but cannot create ES cells for research. According to a recent survey, reported by the newspaper Deutsche Welle, 40.6...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Copenhagen: The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), which is holding its annual conference in Copenhagen this week, has renewed its moratorium on human reproductive cloning. ESHRE began a five-year voluntary moratorium on the cloning of human babies in 1999, in response to...
Senators in the US will start to debate a bill on the issue of human embryonic stem (ES) cell research next month. A bipartisan group of senators is campaigning to persuade President Bush to relax his policy on the research. Bush, who opposes any research that would involve the destruction...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Copenhagen: Human embryonic stem (ES) cells may be capable of growing into egg and sperm cells in the laboratory, UK scientists say. Behrouz Aflatoonian, part of a team based at the University of Sheffield, told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Copenhagen: Guido Pennings, professor of ethics and bioethics at the University of Ghent, Belgium, says that we should not condemn 'reproductive tourism' in Europe but regard it as a 'safety valve' that can help to avoid moral conflict. He told the annual conference of the...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Copenhagen: A team of Belgian scientists has managed to clone human embryos using egg cells matured in the laboratory. The achievement, reported at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), could help overcome the shortage of donated eggs available...
At a conference on global biotechnology being held in Philadelphia, US, Steve Bracks, the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria, has announced that a second Australian human embryonic stem (ES) cell line is to be made available to researchers worldwide without commercial or intellectual property restraints. The cell line...
The Delaware Senate has approved a bill (called SB 80) that would prohibit human cloning for reproductive purposes but allow cloning for research purposes. Senators approved the bill, sponsored by State Senator Robert Venables, by 14-7 last Tuesday. The bill will allow human embryonic stem (ES) cell research to...
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Hope, hype and stem cells at ESHRE
by Dr Jess Buxton
It's ESHRE conference week again - thousands of fertility and embryology experts have gathered in Europe to discuss the latest research into new fertility treatments, and a host of related topics. This year, the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark...