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Clone human embryos not monkey embryos
Research published today in the scientific journal Nature reports the first successful cloning of primates, and derivation of embryonic stem cells. This announcement brings us a significant step closer to therapeutic cloning in humans. The team at Oregon Health and State University used somatic cell nuclear transfer in Rhesus monkeys, the same technique that was
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Home medical diagnosis
The earlier we can diagnose serious illnesses, the more we can do to cure them. Many advances have been made in diagnosis over the last century, but a serious bottleneck has remained. The patients need to come to a medical practitioner in order to be diagnosed and this means that they need to wait for
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Fat Taxes and the Nanny State
Two reports published today make recommendations about the way in which obesity should be treated in the UK. These two reports, Public Health: Ethical Issues produced by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and British Fertility Society’s guidelines on the effect of obesity on female reproductive health both contain important analysis of the role of the
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Supermouse and Superman: The Dawn of Biological Liberation
News Scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, have created a genetically engineered mouse nicknamed Supermouse which can run for up to six hours at a speed of 20 metres per minute before needing a rest. According to Professor Richard Hanson the special ‘athletic’ abilities of the mice are due to the way