A follow-up study of 400 families from across Europe who used assisted reproduction techniques (ARTs) to have their children shows that being created by an 'artificial' method of conception does not have a negative effect on children, as compared with children from families created either naturally or by adoption. The...
Stem cell research in Sweden will be given a large financial boost. The International Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will contribute 50 million Swedish Krona, the Swedish Research Council will add 20 million Krona and the Swedish Association of Diabetes Research Fund (SADRF) will provide another 5 million. The money will...
In a surprising development, the US Congress is facing calls from a broad coalition of environmentalists, feminists, academics, doctors, biologists, lawyers, ethicists and human rights and other activists to impose a moratorium on medical research involving human cloning. The group, which has 100 members, has signed a letter addressed to...
PPL Therapeutics, the Edinburgh-based biotechnology company that developed Dolly the sheep, reported that its pre-tax losses grew to £14.25 million in 2001/2002 from £11.98 million in the previous year. The losses come despite PPL's announcement of the birth of five cloned piglets earlier this year. The company has recently...
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Good news for IVF families
by Dr Jess Buxton
This week's BioNews reports on a recent study of families with children conceived using assisted reproduction techniques. Surprisingly for a story that mentions IVF, it was hardly mentioned in the press. The authors, who reported their findings at an international conference last week, looked at the psychological health of families...