Britain OK's donation of human eggs, compensation
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LONDON -- 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 -- an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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Regulators are due to make a decision on whether to allow human-animal embryos to be used for research in the UK.
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Scientists say they've created embryonic stem cells by stimulating unfertilized eggs, a significant step toward producing transplant tissue that's genetically matched to women.
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The UK government today increased to 50 million pounds ($96 million) the aid pledged to victims of the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit nations across the Indian Ocean, making
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.- A new scheme is being introduced in the United Kingdom where museums will be able to claim Gift Aid on both the admission fee and the donation.
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Britain's Royal Society is backing a campaign to stop the US securing a world ban on all forms of human cloning.
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Britain is considering whether to permit research using animal eggs to create human stem cells &#151; a process that tests the ethical boundaries of cutting-edge scientific research.
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Human egg donation was a rarity not so long ago. But heightened demand for eggs &#151; and rising compensation for donors &#151; are prompting more young women to consider it.
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The UK is now the largest donor to the relief effort after the Government pledged a further Â£35 million, bringing its contribution to Â£50 million.
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Donations from the British public for victims of last Sunday's Asian earthquake reach the Â£50m mark.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth made a personal donation to the British Red Cross to help victims of the Russian Beslan school siege tragedy.
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"The fear is that (scientists) are trying to breed a human with some other creature"  British authorities decided Wednesday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells - studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ... via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
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The U.S. government ruled on Tuesday that food from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to bringing meat and milk from clone offspring into the food supply.
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A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain.
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A British fertility clinic has overcome   a shortage of home-grown sperm by importing it from Denmark.
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The Royal College of Nursing votes to accept the government's revised pay offer for nurses in England.
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The British government says it will give at least Â£15m to help the victims of the Asian earthquake.