Regulating embryo stem cell research
The new US government has not yet reached a decision on the funding of research that involves embryo stem cells - early embryo cells capable of developing into any type of body tissue. US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, said last week that National Institutes of Health (NIH...
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Reproductive cloning isn't safe
by Juliet Tizzard
The science news over the weekend has been dominated by one story. In a shambolic conference in Rome last Friday, Severino Antinori and his colleague Panayiotis Zavos told scientists and journalists of their intention to offer cloning to infertile couples some time in the next two years. Few medical and...