The Chinese authorities have said that they will increase financial assistance to couples in poor rural areas, but only if they obey the one-child policy. The pilot scheme will grant 600 yuan (£40) per year to couples over sixty who have one child or two if the first was a girl. Pan Guiyu, the minis...

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The South Korean scientist who successfully cloned a human embryo last year has described human cloning as "not only ethically outrageous and medically dangerous, but technically impossible as well." Hwang Woo-Suk of Seoul Nation University was referring to so-called 'reproductive' cloning as oppose...

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News, The South Korean scientist who successfully cloned a human embryo last year has described human cloning as "not only ethically outrageous and medically dangerous, but technically impossible as well." Hwang Woo-Suk of Seoul Nation University was referring to so-called 'reproductive' cloning a...

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News, Scientists at Cambridge University are studying a molecule that helps embryos to implant in the womb, with the intention of developing a form of abortifacient birth control that does not cause the side effects of the Pill. A drug that blocks the STAT3 molecule would prevent the embryo from a...

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Scientists at Cambridge University are studying a molecule that helps embryos to implant in the womb, with the intention of developing a form of abortifacient birth control that does not cause the side effects of the Pill. A drug that blocks the STAT3 molecule would prevent the embryo from attaching...

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The parents of a 22-year-old man with severe learning disabilities are campaigning to have him sterilised on the grounds that if he fathered a child with the same condition, the child would go into care. Paul Smalldon, the father of Gavin said: "If you ask Gavin he wouldn't be able to give you an an...

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News, The parents of a 22-year-old man with severe learning disabilities are campaigning to have him sterilised on the grounds that if he fathered a child with the same condition, the child would go into care. Paul Smalldon, the father of Gavin said: "If you ask Gavin he wouldn't be able to give y...

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News, The US House of Representatives has approved legislation that would permit more federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Reuters reports. The bill passed 238-194 votes, but needed a two-thirds majority to avoid a presidential veto. A statement from the White House commented that the ...

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The US House of Representatives has approved legislation that would permit more federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Reuters reports. The bill passed 238-194 votes, but needed a two-thirds majority to avoid a presidential veto. A statement from the White House commented that the bill "re...

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Researchers at Hammersmith Hospital in London have begun clinical trials of a treatment using adult stem cells taken from a patient's bone marrow to treat liver damage. Deaths from liver disease have doubled in a decade in the UK and there is a shortage of available donor organs.The initial trial is...

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News, Researchers at Hammersmith Hospital in London have begun clinical trials of a treatment using adult stem cells taken from a patient's bone marrow to treat liver damage. Deaths from liver disease have doubled in a decade in the UK and there is a shortage of available donor organs. The initial...

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News, The Swiss agency, Dignitas, which helps people commit suicide, is to film the deaths of its clients, the Guardian reports. Dignitas was apparently advised by lawyers to film deaths to avoid the possibility of prosecution. Some 35 people from Britain and Ireland have died in Zurich with the a...

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The Swiss agency, Dignitas, which helps people commit suicide, is to film the deaths of its clients, the Guardian reports. Dignitas was apparently advised by lawyers to film deaths to avoid the possibility of prosecution. Some 35 people from Britain and Ireland have died in Zurich with the assistanc...

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A mother is taking legal action to stop her teenage daughters from being prescribed the morning after pill, The Times of London reports. Julie Kosmala is acting to defend her parental rights following a decision at her daughters' school to offer 'fast track' appointments to under-16s seeking the mor...

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News, A mother is taking legal action to stop her teenage daughters from being prescribed the morning after pill, The Times of London reports. Julie Kosmala is acting to defend her parental rights following a decision at her daughters' school to offer 'fast track' appointments to under-16s seeking...

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News, The UK pro-life charity Life has condemned doctors who prescribe contraceptives to underage girls, warning that they are condoning a criminal activity. A spokesman for Life said that the Department of Health should act against "open flouting of the law, especially by those agencies like the ...

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The UK pro-life charity Life has condemned doctors who prescribe contraceptives to underage girls, warning that they are condoning a criminal activity. A spokesman for Life said that the Department of Health should act against "open flouting of the law, especially by those agencies like the Family P...

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An Irishman with Multiple Sclerosis has been helped to commit suicide at the Swiss suicide clinic run by Dignitas. The 30-year-old from Cork is the second person from Ireland to commit suicide at the clinic. [Online.ie, 11 May ] Brian Pretty, the euthanasia campaigner whose wife, Diane, lost a legal...

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News, An Irishman with Multiple Sclerosis has been helped to commit suicide at the Swiss suicide clinic run by Dignitas. The 30-year-old from Cork is the second person from Ireland to commit suicide at the clinic. [Online.ie, 11 May] Brian Pretty, the euthanasia campaigner whose wife, Diane, lost ...

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News, A member of the Scottish Parliament has criticised doctors who prescribe the birth control pill and give contraceptive advice to girls under the age of 13. Shona Robison MSP said: "There could be child abuse situations going on and adult men could be preying on these girls." However, Ms Robi...

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