Monday, December 13, 2010
Spanish Researchers Want to Tag Human Embryos With Bar Codes
In futuristic movies like "Aliens 2" and "12 Monkeys," prisoners are bar coded for easy identification. But today's reality is even wilder: Scientists have proposed bar-coding embryos.
In futuristic movies like "Aliens 2" and "12 Monkeys," prisoners are bar coded for easy identification. But today's reality is even wilder: Scientists have proposed bar-coding embryos.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Justice Department to Appeal Stem Cell Research Ruling
The Obama administration will appeal a judge's ruling that temporarily blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Justice Department spokesman Matt Miller said Tuesday that the department will "soon" be filing its appeal in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, where the ruling came down Monday...
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The Obama administration will appeal a judge's ruling that temporarily blocked federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Justice Department spokesman Matt Miller said Tuesday that the department will "soon" be filing its appeal in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, where the ruling came down Monday...
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Labels: embryos, research, stem cells
Friday, May 28, 2010
Frozen Embryos 'Not Life Forms': S. Korean Court
South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that human embryos left over from fertility treatment are not life forms and can be used for research or destroyed, a court spokesman said Friday.
South Korea's Constitutional Court has ruled that human embryos left over from fertility treatment are not life forms and can be used for research or destroyed, a court spokesman said Friday.
In its ruling Thursday the court upheld an existing law allowing the use of leftover embryos for research. The law also allows fertility clinics to dispose of frozen embryos five years after fertilisation treatment is completed...
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