News, Plans by Professor Severino Antinori, the Italian fertility specialist, to press ahead with reproductive human cloning have met with considerable opposition in his own country. The Italian Medical Association has objected to the plans and has asked Professor Antinori to explain his project. ...

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News, Dr Harry Griffin, assistant director of the Roslin Institute which cloned Dolly the sheep, has described Professor Severino Antinori's plans for reproductive human cloning as "reckless and criminally irresponsible". The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the body which regulates f...

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News, Dr Harry Griffin, assistant director of the Roslin Institute which cloned Dolly the sheep, has described Professor Severino Antinori's plans for reproductive human cloning as "reckless and criminally irresponsible". The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the body which regulat...

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News, An Italian fertility specialist has announced plans to conduct reproductive human cloning within two years. Professor Severino Antinori told a news conference in Rome today that he had received an invitation from an unnamed Mediterranean country [SPUC sources suggest that this country ma]...

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Cloning doctor acknowledges debt to Blair Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has reacted with concern and sadness that Professor Severino Antinori plans to press ahead with reproductive human cloning, and has blamed Tony Blair's government for the development. Mr...

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News, An Italian fertility specialist has announced plans to conduct reproductive human cloning within two years. Professor Severino Antinori told a news conference in Rome today that he had received an invitation from an unnamed Mediterranean country [SPUC sources suggest that this country may be]...

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News, A team of researchers in the United States have abandoned attempts to treat Parkinson's disease by injecting cells from aborted unborn children into patients' brains after "absolutely devastating" side-effects were observed. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that in ab...

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SPUC accuses Lords' committee of pro cloning bias SPUC accuses Lords' committee of pro-cloning bias Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has expressed concern that a newly-appointed House of Lords committee will be biased in favour of permitting human cloning a...

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News, A team of researchers in the United States have abandoned attempts to treat Parkinson's disease by injecting cells from aborted unborn children into patients' brains after "absolutely devastating" side-effects were observed. A report in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that i...

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News, It was announced today in the UK that a majority of the members of a House of Lords committee set up to consider human cloning and stem cell research will be in favour of so-called therapeutic cloning. The select committee was established following January's parliamentary vote to approve...

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News, It was announced today in the UK that a majority of the members of a House of Lords committee set up to consider human cloning and stem cell research will be in favour of so-called therapeutic cloning. The select committee was established following January's parliamentary vote to approve des...

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News, The United States health and human services secretary has said that he will appoint a panel of experts to advise him on the scientific and moral issues involved in stem cell research. The considerations will include the possibility of conducting such research without destroying human embryos...

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News, The United States health and human services secretary has said that he will appoint a panel of experts to advise him on the scientific and moral issues involved in stem cell research. The considerations will include the possibility of conducting such research without destroying human emb...

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News, A survey of doctors and pharmacists in London has indicated significant opposition to the reclassification of the abortifacient morning-after pill as a drug available from pharmacists without prescription. The research, published in the journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, indica...

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News, A survey of doctors and pharmacists in London has indicated significant opposition to the reclassification of the abortifacient morning-after pill as a drug available from pharmacists without prescription. The research, published in the journal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, indicated ...

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News, Researchers in California have claimed that doctors are misinterpreting markers on ultra-sound scans which have been taken to indicate an increased chance of Down's syndrome. Dr Rebecca Smith-Bindman at the University of California in San Francisco said that only one of the seven markers oft...

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News, Researchers in California have claimed that doctors are misinterpreting markers on ultra-sound scans which have been taken to indicate an increased chance of Down's syndrome. Dr Rebecca Smith-Bindman at the University of California in San Francisco said that only one of the seven markers...

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News, The British government has admitted that no thorough clinical trials have been conducted to assess the safety of the abortifacient morning-after pill for girls under the age of 16. Gisela Stuart, a health minister, insisted in a written parliamentary answer that there was no evidence tha...

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News, The British government has admitted that no thorough clinical trials have been conducted to assess the safety of the abortifacient morning-after pill for girls under the age of 16. Gisela Stuart, a health minister, insisted in a written parliamentary answer that there was no evidence that yo...

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News, A company in the UK is planning to offer parents the chance to have stem cells from their babies' umbilical cords stored in liquid nitrogen. Cyro-Care UK, which describes its service as the "ultimate health insurance", will charge around 600 pounds to store the stem cells, initially for a gu...

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