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| New, fast and easy: isn't that what we want? |
| 29 May 2001 - by Juliet Tizzard |
| This week's BioNews reports on a possible technique for automating some of the stages of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. In response to news of the IVF 'chips', most journalists felt compelled to mention Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's nightmarish vision of the future, published in 1932. The memorable feature...[Read More] |
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| US scientists challenge NIH on embryo stem cells |
| 29 May 2001 - by BioNews |
| Opposition to the Bush administration's procrastination on embryo stem cell research was stepped up last week, as seven US scientists and three patients mounted a legal challenge calling for research to go ahead. The alliance has launched a case against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of...[Read More] |
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| Woman becomes UK's oldest mother of twins |
| 29 May 2001 - by BioNews |
| Lynne Bezant has become the oldest mother of twins in the UK after the birth of David and Susan last week. Bezant, who is 56, came to public attention in January when she announced her pregnancy to the British press. The twins, who were born by caesarian section, are a...[Read More] |
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| Automation could become a feature of IVF |
| 29 May 2001 - by BioNews |
| The early stages of embryological development during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may become automated in the future, according to a report in the current issue of New Scientist. The article chronicles work carried out by US researchers David Beebe, of the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Matthew Wheeler, of the...[Read More] |
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| BBC ban on anti-abortion broadcast upheld |
| 29 May 2001 - by BioNews |
| The High Court has refused a claim by the ProLife Alliance that a BBC ban on the group's election broadcast be subject to judicial review. The short programme, which shows pictures of aborted fetuses, was banned from broadcast in Wales by the BBC on the grounds that it contravenes its...[Read More] |
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| Genetic basis for Crohn's disease discovered |
| 29 May 2001 - by BioNews |
| Two teams of researchers, in the US and in France, have pinpointed a gene which is involved in some cases of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal system. The research, published in the journal Nature, shows how a gene on chromosome 16 codes for a protein called NOD2...[Read More] |
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