4000 fertility experts gathered in Bologna, Italy last week for the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. As well as the mouse 'nursery' for human eggs, several other presentations at the meeting were covered in the UK media: Professor Karl Nygren, of the Sofia Hospital...
Scientists at PPL Therapeutics have used gene targeting to produce cloned sheep with a precise genetic alteration. The UK biotech firm, which is the commercial offshoot of the institute that cloned Dolly the sheep, published their results in last week's Nature. Gene targeting allows researchers to add, replace or remove...
Following the unveiling of the first draft of the human genome sequence last week, the newly formed UK Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has announced its workload for 2000-2001. The body, set up to advise the government on new developments in genetics, will initially focus on issues surrounding the storage...
Canadian scientists have successfully harvested eggs from human ovarian tissue 'incubated' on the back muscles of mice. The researchers announced their results at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, held in Bologna last week. The technique would provide an alternative to freezing eggs for...
The new Wellcome Wing of the Science Museum, London, opens its doors to the public this week. The new £50 million extension, which the museum hopes will attract 300,000 new visitors each year, aims to cover advances in contemporary science. The ground floor gallery, 'Antenna', will consist of constantly updated...
The team that created Dolly the sheep has been awarded two more patents on the cloning technology it developed, reports this week's Nature. The researchers, based at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, had already won two British patents related to their nuclear transfer technique, in which the genetic information of an...
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Genome fallout
by Juliet Tizzard
Wouldn't it have been hilarious if some plucky journalist had asked Tony Blair or Bill Clinton to substantiate their hyperbolic exclamations about the first draft of the human genome? 'Could you explain why, Tony, you think that this is more important than antibiotics?' The stuttering and stammering would have been...