Ian Wilmut, the scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep, has called upon scientists to take note of public concerns about the progress of genetic science. He warns that there is a danger of missing scientific opportunities because of public fears and misunderstandings. Speaking at a meeting...
A new study published in Human Reproduction provides the strongest evidence yet that too much driving could be linked to infertility in men. The problem appears to be a rise in the temperature of the testicles, caused by sitting in the same position for too long. The researchers, based in...
Pharmaceutical company Novartis and the Daily Telegraph newspaper launched Visions of Science last week, a new competition that aims to seek out 'the cream of modern science photography'. Pictures, which must be submitted by the end of July 2000, should depict a scientific or medical advance, or simply portray science...
Professor Allan Bradley will replace John Sulston as head of the Sanger Centre this October, the Wellcome Trust announced last week. The Cambridgeshire laboratories have been responsible for a third of the worldwide project to sequence the entire human genome, now entering its final phase. Bradley's appointment will see a...
British couples are taking less time to conceive than they were in the 1960s, according to a new study published in The Lancet last week. Dr Michael Joffe, based at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, interviewed 894 women and 6464 men aged 16 to 59...
A team of Swedish researchers has found that adult mouse nerve cells transplanted into embryos are able to grow into a variety of different tissues, including heart, liver, muscle and intestine. Their findings, published in last week's Science, suggest that specialised adult stem cells - cells that grow into certain types...
Tony Barlow and Barrie Drewitt, the gay couple who made legal history in the UK last year by fathering surrogate twins, announced last week they are planning another child. The couple have 24 embryos stored from their first attempt, formed using eggs from an American donor and sperm from both...
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Who is fit to be a parent?
by Juliet Tizzard
The British newspapers have been filled with baby stories over the past few weeks. First, the Prime Minister's wife gave birth to Leo Blair. Then, along with the release of his much talked about new film, came comedian/writer Ben Elton's news that he'd recently become father of twins by...