In BioNews 189, the title of the above story should have been: 'Largest human chromosome to date decoded' and the first sentence should have read: 'French and American scientists have published the entire genetic code of human chromosome 14, the largest human chromosome decoded so far.' The 22 autosomal chromosomes...
Fifty years after the structure of DNA was first published, the Royal Mint is to produce a new £2 coin featuring the famous double helix. A special gold and silver version will also be produced, for 'collectors and wealthy biologists', reports last week's Nature. James Watson and Francis Crick published...
Lawmakers in the US have renewed their efforts to ban all forms of human cloning, following the announcements made by Clonaid at the end of last year that two cloned babies have already been born and three more are due within weeks. A bill banning all forms of human cloning...
The UK's Association of Clinical Embryologists (ACE) is to ask scientists involved in IVF and other fertility treatments to sign a new code of conduct that shows their commitment to professional standards. The introduction of the new code follows concerns about recent high-profile cases involving mistakes at IVF clinics in...
Fertility experts in the US have discovered that the cancer drug Taximofen may boost fertility after a woman with breast cancer gave birth to twins when the drug was used to stimulate her ovaries for IVF. The discovery was announced in a study published in the journal Human Reproduction. The...
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Clones going underground
by Juliet Tizzard
It's been another week of cloning talk, with Clonaid dominating the headlines whilst journalists try to track down the elusive baby Eve and her parents. But whilst the Raelians seem to be getting all the media attention they could possibly have wished for, the parents of the so-called clone might...