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Human Cloning Policy Institute Spearheads Global Grassroots Effort to Prevent Therapeutic Cloning Ban at the United Nations
The Human Cloning Policy Institute (HCPI) launched this week a major grassroots effort to head off a proposed ban on therapeutic cloning in the United Nations scheduled for vote this Thursday. The total ban is sponsored by Costa Rica and is supported by the United States. The Human Cloning Policy Institute is backed by Ian Wilmut (Dolly's cloner),... view more... (2003-11-05)
First live 'cloning' of faces challenges assumptions about human behavior
Computer scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a new way of cloning facial expressions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behaviour when we communicate with others. view more (2009-06-01)
Successful cell engineering may lead to mad cow prevention, say researchers
Researchers at Texas A&M University have successfully "knocked down" the expression of possible disease-causing genes in a cloned goat fetus, perhaps paving the way for breeding disease resistance in other animals, even those genes that might cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. view more (2006-03-23)
Are men in danger of extinction?
Despite having had most of the social determinants of health in their favour, men have higher mortality rates for all 15 leading causes of death and have a life expectancy about seven years shorter than women's. An editorial in this week's BMJ asks are men in danger of extinction? Men's reluctance to embrace preventive strategies has also... view more... (2001-10-31)
New Law for Quantum Computers Disclosed
Arun Kumar Pati, who is currently at the University, but who is based at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, and Samuel L. Braunstein, at the School of Informatics have published a paper in the current issue of the International Journal, Nature [9 March 2000], describing their discovery of a new law, which they call the quantum... view more... (2000-03-06)
The European Science Foundation publishes policy briefing for human stem cell research
The policy paper recommends the permission of studies of stem cells from embryos and adults, reproductive cloning should not be permitted, but therapeutic cloning should be allowed. There are many chronic, serious and disabling human diseases such as, Parkinson's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and Huntington's Chorea, for which there are no current... view more... (2001-06-25)
Statement from the European Life Sciences Group
The promises and concerns engendered by stem cell research triggered debate world-wide. European citizens realise the significance of these issues and expect guidance to deal with them. The European Life Sciences Group thanks the European Commission and the European Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin, for arranging such a stimulating... view more... (2001-12-19)
Mice cloned from skin cells
Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have, for the first time, been cloned from adult stem cells. Scientists from Rockefeller University, including Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Elaine Fuchs, used cells called keratinocyte stem cells, which represent a new model system for cloning. view more (2007-02-13)
Chemistry & Industry Press Release for Issue 23 - Cover Date: Monday 3 December 2001
NEWS Human Cloning -Don't Believe the Hype (p751) Claims to have cloned a human embryo are overstated, according to experts. A six-celled embryo is not a clone, says Roslin expert Harry Griffin. Is Animal Cloning Safe? (p751) The claim by American Biotech Company that the production of 24 apparently healthy cloned cows is proof that cloning is... view more... (2001-11-28)
Novel antigen-cloning technique may boost efforts to develop a melanoma vaccine
In recent years, researchers have worked to develop a number of vaccines to help the immune system fight tumors. Cancer vaccines are not intended to prevent cancer; rather, they are used to boost immune responses to preexisting tumors. view more (2007-04-16)
Cloned mice created from fully differentiated cells, a milestone in cloning research
New research dismisses the notion that adult stem cells are necessary for successful animal cloning, proving instead that cells that have completely evolved to a specific type not only can be used for cloning purposes, but they may be a better and more efficient starting point. view more (2006-10-02)
Human embryonic stem cells display a unique pattern of chemical modification to DNA
Scientists from the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (BIMR) and Illumina Inc., in collaboration with stem cell researchers around the world, have found that the DNA of human embryonic stem cells is chemically modified in a characteristic, predictable pattern. view more (2006-08-07)
A new method to clone mice: an important step in the research for applications in the human
A simplified method for cloning mice, which has recently resulted in live offspring, has been developed at the Ghent University. Although a few laboratories have been successful in breeding mice by cloning, this is the first report on cloning of an adult mammalian animal in Belgium and using a self-developed purely mechanical method for nuclear... view more... (2000-12-18)
US presidential candidates and their views on scientific issues
What are the United States presidential candidates' positions on scientific topics ranging from evolution to global warming? A special news report, which is being published in the 4 January issue of the journal Science, addresses these questions and profiles the nine leading candidates on where they stand on important scientific issues. view more (2008-01-04)
Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold
Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research, Verity Firth, today. view more (2008-09-04)
Ethical Guidelines Presented for Swedish Stem Cell Research
In brief, the guidelines mean that researchers may take stem cells from embryos that can no longer be used for further IVF treatment. Moreover, the creation of embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer (therapeutic cloning) to get access to stem cells is deemed to be ethically defensible. The reason for this is the prospect of major long-term... view more... (2001-12-04)
Young People Review Science Curriculum
As part of Science Year, nearly 2000 students, aged 16-19, have developed and taken part in a survey of the science curriculum, whose initial findings are released today. A majority (68%) of students polled in the UK`s first online students` survey, which was conducted through the Science Year and Science Museum websites, believes controversial... view more... (2002-03-19)
Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory
Scientists in the UK have proved that human embryonic stem cells can develop in the laboratory into the early forms of cells that eventually become eggs or sperm. view more (2005-06-20)
Researchers Can Cross Non-Interbreeding Plants
Researchers of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Cultivation, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (St. Petersburg) jointly with their colleagues from Germany and Finland have grown up new lines of Solanum cultivated plants via the somatic hybridization method - hybrids of wild species of plants of the Solanum family with... view more... (2004-11-05)
Oosight microscope enables embryonic stem cell breakthrough
A noninvasive, polarized light microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) played a crucial role in a recent breakthrough in embryonic stem-cell research aimed at developing medical therapies. view more (2007-11-30)
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