Edwards in favour of principle of human cloning
According to a story printed in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, Professor Robert Edwards, who worked with the late Patrick Steptoe to pioneer the development of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the late 1970s, is in favour of human cloning. The newspaper says that Edwards would back the creation of human clones...
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Genetic testing and consumer choice
by Dr Jess Buxton
What would it take to make you stop smoking, cut down your alcohol intake or eat more greens? Would personalised health advice based on a genetic test do the trick? In this week's BioNews we report on the criticism faced by Sciona, the UK company trying to market just such...