Clone challenge heard in court
A challenge against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001 was mounted in the High Court last Wednesday. Passed in January of this year, the regulations allow the use of embryos for stem cell research with therapeutic goals. The ProLife Alliance has challenged the passage of the regulations...
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Time to reconsider sex selection?
by Juliet Tizzard
Over the weekend, the UK media has run a number of stories about sex selection, which we cover in this week's BioNews. There's nothing new about sex selection: it's been possible to test embryos for sex for more than a decade, although it's never been legal to do so for...