World's first stem cell bank for UK
The UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) is expected to announce the establishment of the world's first human stem cell bank later this month. The creation of a national stem cell bank was one of the recommendations made in the August 2000 Donaldson Report, 'Stem Cell Research: Medical Progress with Responsibility...
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Misunderstanding IVF patients
by Juliet Tizzard
IVF patients have been all over the UK media this week. First came news that the Medical Research Council is to set up a national embryonic stem cell bank. People who have undergone IVF treatment and have embryos that they no longer wish to use will be asked to donate...