Selected biotech news
Biotech business is booming again, according to several newspaper reports last week. Bill Castell, head of Nycomed Amersham, said last week the company may float its life sciences business, in recognition of the increasing importance of the new 'gene economy'. The firm, which makes research products, is considering the partial...
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We must open the door to all kinds of stem cell research
by Juliet Tizzard
Cloning is back in the news. Last week, the Royal Society, the UK's foremost scientific society, issued a paper on stem cell research, which laid particular emphasis on research and therapies using stem cells from adult tissues. According to the Royal Society report, the harvesting of adult stem cells may...