Swiss will allow stem cell research
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GENEVA - Swiss voters have overwhelming backed a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos. The new law won the support of more than 66 per cent of voters.
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Scientists may be allowed to clone embryos from donated tissues without the need for "express" consent.
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Swiss voters have overwhelmingly approved limited stem cell research using human embryos, but ruled out cloning. Two-thirds of Swiss voters participating in a referendum Sunday affirmed a law passed by the Swiss parliament last year.
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Swiss voters looked set last night to approve new legislation allowing stem-cell research, to the relief of the country&#39;s pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sectors.
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GENEVA: Swiss voters have approved a law allowing stem cell research, rejecting a tough campaign that even compared researchers to the Nazi &quot;angel of death,&quot; Dr Josef Mengele.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 19--When the subject is stem cell research, the term embryo is not only ethically charged, but increasingly hard to define.   Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have stretched the definition even further.
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Pioneering research is to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damaged by a heart attack.
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Swiss voters are expected to endorse tight government legislation on stem cell research on Sunday which would forbid the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with other continental European ...
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A body that advises the German  government on medical ethics on Monday recommended changing the  law to make stem cell research easier, a view that could boost  the chances of new legislation.
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A new strategy aiming to attract global investment in the field of life sciences is launched.
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Swiss voters today overwhelmingly approved a new law permitting research on stem cells, rejecting a repeal initiative by an alliance of conservative Christian, left-wing and green groups.
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British regulators granted two licenses  on Thursday to conduct controversial experiments using hybrid  human-animal embryos, paving the way for further stem cell  research into diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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The biotech firm advances to next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research.
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BERN, Switzerland, NOV. 8, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The Swiss bishops' conference has warned about a proposed law on embryonic stem cell research that will face a national referendum this month.
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Scientists in Massachusetts said yesterday that they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of advances that could speed development of stem-cell-based treatments for a variety of 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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The government has won strong backing for a law allowing stem-cell research on surplus human embryos, with two-thirds of Swiss voting in favour.