Britain decides boundaries of stem-cell tech
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A ruling is expected Wednesday on creating human-animal embryos.
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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning. The London-based Royal Society is stepping up its drive to push the United Nations to ban the cloning of babies, but to make no ruling on using the technology for medical research, or therapeutic cloning, at its 59th General Session in October. The 191-nation U.N. General Assembly is divided over whether to allow therapeutic cloning to continue or to adopt a broad cloning ban championed by the Bush administration and Costa Rica with strong backing from the U.S. anti-abortion movement and many predominantly Roman Catholic nations.
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Researchers at Merck can use neural stem-cell tech in early stages of drug development. Plus: Pay for eggs OK in Britain. In Bodyhack.
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Swiss voters approved measures to allow scientists to take stem cells from unwanted embryos to be used for research into diseases.
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A centre in Edinburgh is to develop human stem cell lines to be sold for woldwide research.
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British regulators said Thursday they have approved two proposals for research using human embryos derived from animal eggs.
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Leaders of national embryonic stem cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledged Monday to work together to promote research, create international standards and more efficiently distribute each other's cells.
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German lawmakers are considering changes to laws on stem cell research as pressure grows for an easing of restrictions that local scientists complain prevent them from keeping up with global advances.
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Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, more than three years after becoming the first nation to authorize the technique to produce stem cells for medical research.    A team of researchers at Newcastle University hope eventually to create insulin-producing cells that could be transplanted into diabetic patients...
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The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it &#151; an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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A UK company is applying for permission to transplant stem cells made from human foetal tissue into the brains of stroke patients.
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It's time to get down to business for stem-cell scientists and administrators after the tremendous boost they received from the passage of California's Proposition 71. Two advisory board appointments have been made; there are 25 to go. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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UK experts say they have proof that stem cells could be used to treat children with a life threatening lung disease.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientists today urge the United Nations to ban cloning of babies but leave open the door for cloning of embryo stem cells as treatments for so-far incurable illnesses.
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British regulators will decide on Wednesday whether to permit the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson's, Motor Neurone Disease and Alzheimer's.
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Britain&#39;s fertility regulator was to decide Wednesday whether to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes, as experts downplayed ethical concerns.
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Making human-animal embryos for scientific experiments should be allowed because of the benefits to science and medicine, British experts said in a report released for Sunday.