Researchers in the US have discovered that people closely related to lung cancer patients who have never smoked are at an increased risk of developing some form of cancer themselves. The findings, which were presented last week at the annual conference of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggest a...
The UK's Independent on Sunday (IoS) says that 'a generation of women is being denied the chance to give birth', following an investigation that shows that provision of IVF services in the UK remains a 'postcode lottery'. The newspaper revealed that only 40 per cent of the nation's primary care...
Stem cell researchers in the US are publishing a decreasing proportion of work on human embryonic stem (ES) cells, according to a study undertaken by the Stanford University Centre for Biomedical Ethics. The authors of the study suggest that the decrease in proportion is likely to be due - at least...
A medical team in Australia has announced that it has become the first to implant laboratory-grown stem cells into an orthopaedic patient. The procedure may eventually be used instead of the more complicated and painful bone grafting procedure that is currently commonly used to treat bad bone injuries...
The Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, has stated that politicians voting on how to reform laws on cloning and stem cell research in the country should be allowed to vote according to their conscience. In doing so, he stated that he planned to attempt to block the proposed relaxation of the...
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The effects - or not - of the EU Tissue Directive
by James Lawford Davies
After four years of speculation, debate and revision, the EU Tissues and Cells Directive has finally (if quietly) come into force. Sort of. The Directive, binding on all EU Member States, is part of a programme of legislation intended to introduce quality assurance for European consumers. As the title of...