Premature birth gene identified
A gene variant more common in black women than those of European descent has been identified as contributing to increased risk of premature birth. Rates of premature birth are two to three times higher amongst black women than other racial groups, with an increased risk of 'premature...
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The Lanza Protocol: Damned with very faint praise
by Josephine Quintavalle
The news last week that Robert Lanza's team at Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) had developed a compromise way of creating embryonic stem (ES) cells from human embryos, without killing them, brought a temporary cease-fire to the battle surrounding this contentious area of stem cell research. The international media was excited...
Regulating preimplantation diagnosis in New Zealand
by Professor Mark Henaghan
Choosing Genes for Future Children: Regulating Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), is the first major report from the three-year multidisciplinary project which draws together a team of New Zealand and international researchers in Law, Bioethics, Science, Maori and Paediatrics to examine whether, how and to what extent, human genome-based technologies should...