News, Researchers at the W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, have found that infusing adult stem cells into the coronary arteries after a heart attack reduces damage, Reuters reports. Dr Stefanie Dimmeler and associates isolated stem cells from the bone marrow or blood of 28 heart attack patients and...

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News, A fertility technique similar to cloning has been condemned after it was tested on five women in China, the Guardian reports. One woman became pregnant with triplets through cell nuclear transfer though it was technically not cloning because the embryo contained DNA from both parents. All th...

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News, A fertility technique similar to cloning has been condemned after it was tested on five women in China, the Guardian reports. One woman became pregnant with triplets through cell nuclear transfer though it was technically not cloning because the embryo contained DNA from both parents. Al...

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News, The Irish bishops' conference has produced a pastoral letter to mark their Day for Life on 12 October and the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's pontificate, entitled The Wonder of Life. Quoting extensively from Pope John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae, the letter looks at the Chu...

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Westminster, : The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned the BBC for attacking the Catholic Church's promotion of sanctity of human life and responsible sexual behaviour. Last Sunday BBC One's Panorama programme broadcast "Sex and the Holy City", which made unsubstantiat...

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News, The Irish bishops' conference has produced a pastoral letter to mark their Day for Life on 12 October and the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's pontificate, entitled The Wonder of Life. Quoting extensively from Pope John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae, the letter looks at the Church'...

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News, The 91-year-old woman at the centre of a legal battle over geriatric care has died, The Express reports. On Monday, a high court judge ordered that Olive Nockels be fed and treated after members of her family alleged that the hospital had left her to die. A spokesman for the hospital said: "...

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News, The 91-year-old woman at the centre of a legal battle over geriatric care has died, The Express reports. On Monday, a high court judge ordered that Olive Nockels be fed and treated after members of her family alleged that the hospital had left her to die. A spokesman for the hospital sai...

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News, A conference in Bangkok on 'reproductive health rights' has asserted that some Thai women are being coerced into having abortions, the Bangkok Post reports. According to the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/Aids, 14% of women who test HIV positive are coerced into abortion ...

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News, A conference in Bangkok on 'reproductive health rights' has asserted that some Thai women are being coerced into having abortions, the Bangkok Post reports. According to the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/Aids, 14% of women who test HIV positive are coerced into abortion or s...

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News, A hospital has been ordered to feed a 91-year-old woman after her relatives claimed that she had been left to die, The Telegraph reports. The family of Olive Nockels, who was hospitalised after suffering a stroke at her convalescent home, appealed to the High Court when the hospital refused ...

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News, A hospital has been ordered to feed a 91-year-old woman after her relatives claimed that she had been left to die, The Telegraph reports. The family of Olive Nockels, who was hospitalised after suffering a stroke at her convalescent home, appealed to the High Court when the hospital refu...

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News, The Italian government has announced plans to tackle the country's population crisis, the BBC reports. Italy has the lowest birth rate in Europe and is facing an economic crisis, leading the government to propose raising the retirement age from 60 to 65 and offer cash incentives for coup...

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News, The Italian government has announced plans to tackle the country's population crisis, the BBC reports. Italy has the lowest birth rate in Europe and is facing an economic crisis, leading the government to propose raising the retirement age from 60 to 65 and offer cash incentives for couples ...

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News, A US embryo adoption company plans to introduce the service in the UK this year, The Evening Standard reports. Snowflakes was created to rescue IVF embryos that would otherwise be discarded and has been responsible for the birth of 32 children in the US to date. It carries out procedures fam...

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News, A US embryo adoption company plans to introduce the service in the UK this year, The Evening Standard reports. Snowflakes was created to rescue IVF embryos that would otherwise be discarded and has been responsible for the birth of 32 children in the US to date. It carries out procedures...

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News, A French doctor has claimed that euthanasia 'probably' occurs every day, Reuters reports. Dr Frederic Chaussoy said that he switched off the life support machine of Vincent Humbert, a paralysed accident victim left in a coma when his mother injected his IV drip with barbiturates. Dr Chau...

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News, A French doctor has claimed that euthanasia 'probably' occurs every day, Reuters reports. Dr Frederic Chaussoy said that he switched off the life support machine of Vincent Humbert, a paralysed accident victim left in a coma when his mother injected his IV drip with barbiturates. Dr Chaussoy...

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News, Two women who wanted to use their frozen embryos against the wishes of their former partners have lost their case in the high court. Natallie Evans and Lorraine Hadley received IVF treatment but when their relationships broke down, their partners asked for the embryos to be destroyed. Judge ...

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News, Two women who wanted to use their frozen embryos against the wishes of their former partners have lost their case in the high court. Natallie Evans and Lorraine Hadley received IVF treatment but when their relationships broke down, their partners asked for the embryos to be destroyed. Ju...

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