US stem cell news
The House of Delegates in the US state of Maryland has passed a bill (HB1) to authorise state funding of human embryonic stem (ES) cell research, by 85 votes to 54. The bill was introduced in January by Michael Busch, the speaker of the House, as the Maryland Stem Cell...
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Clinical concerns with the new Finnish fertility law
by Merja Tuomi-Nikula
It has taken almost two decades to establish a legal basis for fertility treatment in Finland. Two years ago, most of the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee wanted to limit treatments to heterosexual couples. However, there was no agreement on the rights of egg and sperm donors to choose anonymity. So...