Human stem cells repair damaged rat hearts
US researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Geron Corp have successfully treated damaged rat hearts with human embryonic stem cells, giving the best evidence yet that stem cells might be used to repair damage caused by heart attacks. Embryonic stem cells have the...
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Reproducing regulation: issues arising from the Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill
by Professor Marcus Pembrey
A Parliamentary committee has recently challenged several proposals in the UK Government's draft revised legislation for assisted reproduction and embryo research, published earlier this year. These areas of biomedical research and personal reproductive decisions raise important ethical and social issues. As such, the committee report is welcome, because it re-opens...