Slippery Slope Highlighted in US Designer-Baby Row:11th Mar 09
A US fertility centre has sparked controversy by offering would-be parents the chance to select traits such as the eye and hair colour of their children. The LA Fertility Institutes, run by Dr...More >>
No-Killing Adult Stem-Cell Discovery Hailed as a Breakthrough:9th Mar 09
Scientists have found a way to make an almost limitless supply of versatile stem cells that doctors could use safely in patients, while avoiding the killing of embryonic humans. In a...More >>
Stem-Cell “Cure” Boy Develops Tumour; Doctors Used Aborted Baby’s Body:25th Feb 09
A boy who received foetal stem cells for a rare genetic disease has developed benign tumours, raising questions about the safety of the “therapy”. The boy, now 17, got the baby’s stem cells in...More >>
UK Fertility Experts Warn Against Egg Freezing:9th Feb 09
Many hailed it as “liberation for women”, but now the UK’s leading fertility experts are about to express serious moral and medical doubts about women freezing their eggs to suit their...More >>
Adult Stem-Cell Breakthrough Gives New Hope to MS Sufferers:9th Feb 09
A group of patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS) have shown significant improvements after receiving injections of adult stem cells, scientists say. The treatment reduced...More >>
British Scientists Get OK to Use Stem Cells from Aborted Babies on Stroke...:2nd Feb 09
British scientists have received permission to try to treat stroke patients with injections of cells from an aborted child. They plan to inject stem cells from a 12-week-old unborn baby into...More >>
New, Non-Embryonic Stem-Cell Treatment May Cure Blindness:28th Jan 09
Two high-profile Scottish stem-cell trials were announced recently, to very different responses. Critics branded one “immoral and unethical” but welcomed the other warmly as offering a potential...More >>
What Was Real Reason for Ending “Manimal” Experiments?:23rd Jan 09
The notion that either the Medical Research Council (MRC) or the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) rejected funding applications for animal-human hybrid experiments...More >>
Embryos Killed As Price of UK's First Genetically Chosen Baby:19th Jan 09
The first British baby genetically selected to be free of a gene linked to breast cancer has been born, doctors have revealed. She was screened as an embryo to ensure the absence of the BRCA...More >>
Church of Scotland Fully Engaged in Debate on Embryology Morals:14th Jan 09
Professor Lisa Jardine of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is wrong to suggest that the Christian community isn’t already “in responsible dialogue” about the moral issues...More >>