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| Australian IVF doctor sued for £7m after child born with genetic disorder |
| 06 February 2012 - by |
| An IVF doctor in Australia who was involved in the conception of a child affected by a genetic disorder is being sued for 'wrongful birth'....[Read More] |
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| Brain cells made from skin cells, bypassing stem cell phase |
| 06 February 2012 - by |
| Mouse skin cells have been converted directly into neural precursor cells which go on to form the major cells in the brain...[Read More] |
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| California clinic to perform stem cell procedure amid FDA lawsuit |
| 06 February 2012 - by |
| A clinic in California has announced that its doctors are licensed and trained to carry out a stem cell treatment for chronic pain. Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pursuing a lawsuit against Regenerative Sciences, the company that developed the technique...[Read More] |
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| The myth of the genomic revolution |
| 06 February 2012 - by |
| 'Building on our inheritance: Genomic technology in healthcare' is the latest in a long line of reports that have sought to assess the potential of genomic medicine and to outline how policy can best support its development....[Read More] |
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| Crystal ball gazing: human embryonic stem cells in 2012 |
| 31 January 2012 - by |
| In the last few months of 2011, a couple of stories on human embryonic stem cells hit the headlines. Both were bad news for stem cell researchers...[Read More] |
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| With an eye to the future - preliminary results of clinical trial in human embryonic stem cell-based therapy of macular degeneration |
| 31 January 2012 - by |
| Last week, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Massachusetts, USA, made two important announcements regarding human embryonic stem (hES) cell-based therapies for the potential treatment of Stargardt's dystrophy and age-related macular degeneration, two devastating degenerative disease leading to blindness....[Read More] |
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| Book Review: Ethical Issues of Human Genetic Databases - A Challenge to Classical Health Research Ethics? |
| 06 February 2012 - by |
| DNA databanks - controversial yet exciting endeavours to collect and store individuals' DNA alongside other information - are the subject of Bernice Elger's latest book, which Gill Haddow describes as fundamental reading...[Read More] |
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| Event Review: European Union Ban on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents - A Threat to Science and the Rule of Law |
| 31 January 2012 - by |
| The recent ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) excluding inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from patentability has sparked a heated debate in the bioscience, ethics and law communities...[Read More] |
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| TV Review: Holby City - Butterflies |
| 31 January 2012 - by |
| In between the epidemic of 'will they, won't they?' relationships spreading throughout Holby City, the show dealt with the genetic disorder epidermolysis bullosa (EB)...[Read More] |
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