News, Italian scientists have created the world's first horse clone after 328 attempts, the BBC reports. Prometea was born 10 weeks ago at the Laboratory of Reproductive Technology in Cremona, near Milan, a breakthrough that could have major implications for the future of horseracing. Scientis...

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News, Italian scientists have created the world's first horse clone after 328 attempts, the BBC reports. Prometea was born 10 weeks ago at the Laboratory of Reproductive Technology in Cremona, near Milan, a breakthrough that could have major implications for the future of horseracing. Scientists h...

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News, A company set up to supply fresh human sperm and eggs via the Internet is being investigated by the Dutch authorities. There are fears that the sperm could be infertile or unsafe and the public have been warned by healthcare officials not to use the company. Marketing human sperm and eggs is...

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News, A company set up to supply fresh human sperm and eggs via the Internet is being investigated by the Dutch authorities. There are fears that the sperm could be infertile or unsafe and the public have been warned by healthcare officials not to use the company. Marketing human sperm and egg...

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News, Researchers at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire have found that if a pregnant woman reacts badly to environmental toxins, it could cause her unborn child to develop asthma. Asthma can be a genetic condition but environment is already known to be a factor in its development....

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News, Researchers at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire have found that if a pregnant woman reacts badly to environmental toxins, it could cause her unborn child to develop asthma. Asthma can be a genetic condition but environment is already known to be a factor in its development. [BB]...

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SPUC condemns aneuploidy screening as 'fatal discrimination' SPUC condemns aneuploidy screening as 'fatal discrimination' Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has responded critically to reports of the first baby born in Britain following aneuploidy screening. ...

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News, Research published in the International Journal of Cancer has suggested that abortion decreases the risk of breast cancer. The study conducted by Dr Francoise Clavel-Chapelon at the Institut Gustave Roussy of Villejuif, France, investigated 92,000 women aged between 45 and 60, 22.1% of whom ...

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News, Research published in the International Journal of Cancer has suggested that abortion decreases the risk of breast cancer. The study conducted by Dr Francoise Clavel-Chapelon at the Institut Gustave Roussy of Villejuif, France, investigated 92,000 women aged between 45 and 60, 22.1% of w...

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News, Scotland's first minister has suggested policies to reverse Scotland's ever decreasing population. In February, Jack McConnell launched a campaign to increase Scotland's levels of inward migration but has been warned that this will not be sufficient in itself to offset the economic probl...

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News, Scotland's first minister has suggested policies to reverse Scotland's ever decreasing population. In February, Jack McConnell launched a campaign to increase Scotland's levels of inward migration but has been warned that this will not be sufficient in itself to offset the economic problems ...

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News, Mice with cerebral haemorrhaging have been treated with nerve stem cells extracted from a 15-week-old human foetus, the Korea Herald reports. Scientists from the neurology department of the School of Medicine at Seoul National University announced that the treatment had reduced symptoms in t...

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News, Mice with cerebral haemorrhaging have been treated with nerve stem cells extracted from a 15-week-old human foetus, the Korea Herald reports. Scientists from the neurology department of the School of Medicine at Seoul National University announced that the treatment had reduced symptoms ...

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News, US researchers have made a major breakthrough in the battle against premature birth, The Scotsman reports. The study, led by Dr Carole Mendelson of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre in Dallas, delayed birth in mice by up to two days using trichostatin to control contrac...

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News, US researchers have made a major breakthrough in the battle against premature birth, The Scotsman reports. The study, led by Dr Carole Mendelson of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre in Dallas, delayed birth in mice by up to two days using trichostatin to control contraction...

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News, The Northern Ireland Family Planning Association has lodged an appeal against the results of a judicial review completed earlier this month. The review concluded that Northern Ireland health authorities were not obliged to give out regulations regarding the legal status of abortion and found...

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News, The Northern Ireland Family Planning Association has lodged an appeal against the results of a judicial review completed earlier this month. The review concluded that Northern Ireland health authorities were not obliged to give out regulations regarding the legal status of abortion and f...

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News, The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Britain's largest provider of private abortions, has called upon the Department of Health to approve a trial of home abortions. The pilot study would involve 500 pregnant women taking abortion-inducing drugs at home rather than in a clinic as the l...

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News, The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Britain's largest provider of private abortions, has called upon the Department of Health to approve a trial of home abortions. The pilot study would involve 500 pregnant women taking abortion-inducing drugs at home rather than in a clinic as the law c...

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Pro-life lobby attacks abortion "smokescreen" Belfast, --Pro-life campaigners have attacked the decision of the Family Planning Association to re-launch its legal action to force the Northern Ireland Health Department to issue guidelines on abortion as a 'smokescreen' and have vowed to continue to f...

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