Religious and pro-life groups have expressed concern over the UK government's proposal to change the law to allow scientists to develop disease therapies using cells from early human embryos. The Vatican newspaper condemned last week's decision, saying that a human is an individual before 14 days and after 14 days...
The findings of UK's Chief Medical Officer's report on the science and ethics of research into the use of human embryo stem cells to treat disease will be announced this Wednesday, according to newspaper reports last week. It will recommend that the cloning of early human embryo cells should be...
In response to the latest of a series of leaks about the government's plans for therapeutic cloning and stem cell therapies, the UK shadow health secretary, Dr Liam Fox, accused the government of avoiding debate and riding rough-shod over public opinion. The government may not be ready to engage in...
The UK government's Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, has sparked debate by announcing his support for a change in the law to allow research into therapeutic cloning. In an interview for the Daily Telegraph, he said that 'the important benefits which can come from this research outweigh any other considerations one...
Human embryo stem cell research is now a step closer to becoming legal in Japan. The Council for Science and Technology (CST), Japan's main science policy-making body, are expected to submit a proposal to the government in favour of research on human embryonic stem cells around the end of March...
Since the US breakthrough in embryonic stem cell research last December, American politicians have been limbering themselves up for a fight over whether such research should receive federal funding. But, as we report in this week's BioNews, it might not be as much of a battle as had been previously...
This week's BioNews reports on news that the British Medical Association (BMA) has prepared a discussion paper for the forthcoming World Medical Association meeting which questions current objections to human cloning. The paper suggests that creating clones of existing people may not be as horrific as we might think. It...
The US federal government should fund research using human embryonic stem cells but funding should not extend to the derivation of these cell from embryos left over from fertility clinics, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Institute for Civil Society. The two groups...
Whenever embryo screening is discussed in the media, there is always talk of slippery slopes and designer babies. And the most recent occasion should not disappoint. When Professor Joy Delhanty of University College London announced her plans to offer embryo screening - or preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) - for a range of...
There was a new development in the ongoing debate over whether the US government should fund human embryonic stem cell research. Under pressure from the Catholic Church, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has withdrawn from a coalition that is lobbying Congress to allow federal funding of such research. The ACS...
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