American newspapers have reported a fall in biotech share prices, following President Bush's decision to limit embryo stem cell research to existing cell lines. Despite reassurances from stem cell company executives that the field has a promising future, investors were unable to share the optimism. Geron share prices fell, as...
Patients undergoing IVF treatment in the United Kingdom will be allowed to have no more than two embryos transferred to the womb, following an announcement by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The authority is concerned about the high rate of twins and triplets births following IVF, a rate...
After much anticipation, President George W Bush has made public his decision on the federal funding of embryo stem cell research. Talking from his home in Texas, Bush said that he would not allow federal funds for deriving stem cells from embryos or for using embryo stem cells newly derived...
A surrogacy arrangement between a British woman and an American couple has broken down, leaving the surrogate pregnant with twins which are genetically unrelated to her. The American couple who commissioned Helen Beasley to act as surrogate mother for them pulled out of the deal after Beasley refused to reduce...
Last week, in the austere surroundings of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, three would-be human cloners met the wrath of the scientific establishment. With the world's media watching, Severino Antinori, Panos Zavos and Brigitte Boisselier faced a barrage of questions about their respective plans to produce the...
The United Nations (UN) has come under pressure to ban reproductive cloning, after the French and German governments wrote to secretary general, Kofi Annan. The two countries have also circulated a draft resolution proposing a committee to draft the ban. The UN general assembly is due to meet in September...
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What they said about cloning and stem cells
by Juliet Tizzard
When a US president makes an important announcement - like George W Bush's on stem cells - you can expect the American media to sit up and take notice. Combine it with a story about Severino Antinori and nearly the whole world goes mad about cloning. An opinion piece in the Independent...