Adult Stem-Cell Technique Named Scientific Breakthrough of the Year:7th Jan 09
A technique that lets researchers make versatile stem cells without killing embryos has been chosen as the top scientific breakthrough of 2008. The advance, which involves turning back the clock on...More >>
More Adult Stem-Cell Progress: Brain Cells “Could Restore Hearing”:5th Jan 09
Brain cells could cure hearing loss, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . Tissue from the lateral...More >>
UK Bishops Hail Promising New Adult Stem-Cell Treatments:17th Dec 08
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has welcomed new adult stem-cell therapies for heart-disease and stroke patients. Last week the media reported that researchers at...More >>
Vatican Warns Against Moral Pitfalls of Biotechnology:17th Dec 08
The Vatican has issued a severe warning about the moral implications of "biotechnical" treatments such as genetic engineering, cloning, in vitro fertilisation, the “morning-after” pill and the...More >>
FLASH! Major New Church Teaching Document on Embryonic Humans and Morality:15th Dec 08
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The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has just published an important document on crucial current bioethical questions. Dignitatis Personae explains the morality of...More >>
More Success in Adult Stem Cell Treatments:2nd Dec 08
In a significant scientific breakthrough, a patient's stem cells have been used to create a part of a windpipe, which was successfully transplanted to her without the need for anti-rejection...More >>
No EU Patent for Human Embryonic Stem Cells:2nd Dec 08
The Secretary General of COMECE, Fr Piotr Mazurkiewicz said he welcomed the decision rejecting the patenting of human embryonic stem cells of the Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office...More >>
Royal Assent for Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act:27th Nov 08
The UK’s hugely controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act has become law, having received Royal Assent. The new Act does not come into force immediately, but will be brought into...More >>
Scientists and Physicians Defend Embryonic Children as UNESCO Committee Meets:7th Nov 08
Scientists and physicians from around the world have signed a declaration on human rights for nascent human beings. The signatories include human-biology research scientists, obstetricians,...More >>
Adult Stem Cell Research Helps 8-Year-Old US Girl:3rd Nov 08
Savannah Watring, an 8-year-old girl from Syracuse, Missouri was told she would never see more than the difference between light and dark, due to a condition called optic nerve hypoplasia. But...More >>