Nobel Prize awarded for revolutionary gene-targeting method in mice
Last week the Nobel Prize for Medicine was jointly awarded to three scientists for their pioneering work on embryonic stem cells in mice. The trio, comprising US scientists Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, and UK scientist Martin J. Evans, developed a technique known as 'gene targeting...
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Funding for NHS genetic services in the UK
by Professor Frances Flinter
The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) is an independent body, which was established in 1999. Its role is to consider the ethical, social and legal implications of advances in human genetics, to listen to the public and to advise ministers on what, if anything, the government needs to do. The appointed...