British Hospital to Screen Embryos for Colon Cancer
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Couples who have a risk of passing on an inherited form of colon cancer to their children will be allowed to have their embryos screened to ensure they do not carry the faulty gene that causes the illness.
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A small population of stem cells drives tumor growth in colon cancer, researchers said on Monday in a discovery that could lead to a new approach to tackle the deadly disease.
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Screening embryos for genetic disorders, does not harm their health, a large scale review of the procedure has found.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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Human embryonic stem cell research using federally approved stem cell lines could begin as soon as next month at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
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The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.
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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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The first request by British scientists to clone human embryos has been granted by experts.
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Adding a key chemical to the fluid in which IVF embryos grow could help prevent developmental problems in babies, scientists suggest.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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A growing number of couples are screening embryos to detect a predisposition to cancers that may or may not develop later in life.
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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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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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Doctors may be overdoing it a bit on colonoscopies, a procedure to screen for colon cancer using a tiny camera, even though they can save lives, researchers reported on Monday
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A human genetics clinic said on Thursday it had developed 18 new lines of disease-carrying embryonic stem cells and was offering them to researchers eager to study their potential for treating inherited diseases.
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All patients entering NHS hospitals will be screened for MRSA and Clostridium difficile, Gordon Brown says.
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A bowel cancer screening programme is being introduced in a bid to reduce deaths.