Top science discoveries of 2000
The large-scale decoding of genetic information was the most important scientific advance of the year 'perhaps even the century', according to the journal Science. And its UK counterpart Nature asked 'Where were you on 26 June 2000, while history was being made?' Reviews in the popular press agreed that the...
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What rights do people born of donor conception have?
by Juliet Tizzard
During the Christmas break, the UK Department of Health announced its intention to hold a public consultation on egg and sperm donor anonymity. Sometime in the future, the law protecting donor's identities may be changed. However, reading some of the newspapers, you could be forgiven for thinking that the law...