Advances in egg freezing have leapt from the lab to the public, particularly in the US where clinics are less regulated, to offer assisted reproduction using frozen eggs despite the long-term effects being little known, according to the journal Science...
Florida's Senate Commerce Committee has approved two amendments to the constitution; one that provides for $20 million a year for ten years for stem cell research, including research using human embryos, and another, the 'Florida Hope Offered through Principled, Ethically Sound Stem Cell Research Act' - the 'HOPE...
A Canadian woman has frozen her eggs in the hope that her daughter may use them in later life. Lawyer Melanie Bolvin's decision has instigated a fierce ethical debate on the nature of egg donation, particularly as the result could mean that her daughter, Flavie, will one...
A new initiative to oversee and promote stem cell research in the UK was launched last week. The UK National Stem Cell Network (UKNSCN) aims to 'bring coherence and coordination' to existing regional and national activities in the field. It was formed in response to a...
Researchers have identified the gene which controls the critical self-renewal function of stem cells. Both adult and embryonic stem cells are able to repeatedly renew themselves, which allows them to be grown up in large numbers in the laboratory before being differentiated into specific tissue types. Although...
US researchers have reported encouraging initial results from a trial of a new type of gene therapy treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). The Phase 1 clinical trial, designed to test the safety and effectiveness of the approach, involved 12 patients with advanced PD. After a year...
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The importance of national stem cell funding in the US
by Sam Berger and 1 others
It appears that once again the US Congress will be unable to override President Bush's expected veto of legislation to loosen federal restrictions on human embryonic stem (ES) cell research. In light of this political stalemate, as well as efforts in states like California, New Jersey, and New York to...
Making Babies the Hard Way
by Caroline Gallup
In mid-2003 I was in the depths of despair. My husband - the love of my life - could not father our much-longed for child as he was born with azoospermia (a zero sperm count, probably caused by a missing section of the Y chromosome). I had overcome my initial misgivings...