The issue of multiple pregnancies arising from fertility treatment attracted media attention last week, following the release of abortion statistics for the year 2001. The document, published by the National Office for Statistics, shows that of 176,364 abortions carried out on women living in England and Wales, 40 were done...
American doctors have used blood stem cells to attempt to repair cardiac muscle damage caused by a heart attack. A 16 year old boy, Dimitri Bonnville, was shot in the heart by a nail gun in early February. Because of the swelling from the injury, he suffered a heart attack...
Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse spoke last week of the need for public debate on the issues surrounding genetic testing, as genome sequencing techniques continue to develop at a rapid pace. At a public meeting held at the Royal Society last Tuesday, the leading UK scientist spoke of possible future...
The US National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has launched a new project to develop the best ways to identify and locate the 'useful' genetic information within the human genome. Dubbed ENCODE (the Encyclopedia of DNA elements), the research will allow scientists to 'learn how things work and how things...
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The truth about selective termination
by Juliet Tizzard
Over the weekend, a misleading and inflammatory story appeared in the Sunday Times newspaper concerning the number of selective terminations performed in the UK. Entitled 'IVF mothers abort 'spare' babies', the article told us that 'women who find they are expecting twins or triplets after receiving treatment for infertility are...