News on ethics in medicine and biotechnology: December 2003Italy faces strict embryo rulesCalling Italy the “Wild West of assisted reproduction,” where menopausal women give birth and embryo tourism and human cloning plans abound, Italian legislators from different parts of the political spectrum have united in pushing for strict regulations aimed to govern the field of reproductive technology. 5 December 2003, The Scientist (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) EU stem cell research funding to go aheadThe European Commission will still be able to fund controversial research on stem cells drawn from human embryos despite the lack of agreement on this issue between EU research ministers yesterday. 4 December 2003, EU Observer (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) EU split over stem cell research fundingAn ethical dispute over whether to fund experiments on cells taken from embryos has split the European Union and plunged the scientific community into confusion. 4 December 2003, The Independent (UK) Related Articles: (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) German–Austrian genome dealResearchers in Austria's national genome network have been given access to material from Germany's Resource Center for Genome Research (RZPD), the largest non-profit service center for genome research. 4 December 2003, The Scientist (UK) (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) Doctors feel the weight of progress with doorstop ethical guideMedical paternalism is dead - but doctors must still take decisions that may be unpopular with their patients, according to an ethical guide published yesterday. 3 December 2003, The Independent (UK) (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) Doctors debate paid organ donorsThe NHS should be allowed to buy organs from live donors to use in transplant operations, an ethics conference will be told today. 3 December 2003, BBC News (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) French row over rights for unbornFrench feminists, doctors and the leftwing opposition reacted furiously after the conservative majority in parliament passed a bill making it a crime to cause a pregnant woman to miscarry against her will. 29 November 2003, The Guardian (UK) (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) Ban imposed on IVF 'egg giving'IVF watchdogs have ruled out a scheme that would allow women to have cheap treatment if they are prepared to do it twice and donate half their eggs. 29 November 2003, BBC News (UK) (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) Germany goes interdisciplinaryThree interdisciplinary research programs that focus on biology and medicine are to be among the main beneficiaries of €363 million of extra cash from the German Research Foundation (DFG) next year. 27 November 2003, The Scientist (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) British Firm Plans Human Stem Cell Trial-MagazineA British company is planning human trials of a new technique which it says can transform white blood cells into stem cells that can be used to treat leukemia and a range of other diseases. London-based TriStem says the method it has developed eliminates the
need for embryos and fetuses, rich sources of the stem cells that can
develop into any cell type. 26 November 2003, Reuters (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) Debate ends, all passion spentWhen, years and years ago, the government announced a public debate and field trials on GM crops, it could hardly imagine that the final scenes would be played out in the basement of a west London hotel whose address had been kept secret until the last minute - or that both sides would be as polarised as ever. 26 November 2003, The Guardian (UK) Related Article: (Submitted by SIBLE, UK) |
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