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Why do we protect the moral convictions of only some health workers?
Two of the most pitched battles over reproductive rights in America right now turn on whether health workers can be forced to provide medical services or information to which they ethically or professionally object. But as we learn from these … Continue reading
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Information technology holds promise for advancing healthcare
It is known as “Health IT,” an idea that promises to use information technology to cut medical errors, avoid unnecessary tests and procedures and identify better treatments. The Obama administration is betting that $19 billion of the economic stimulus package … Continue reading
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Cloning ‘could beat gene disease’
A scientist involved in creating Dolly the cloned sheep has proposed using cloning and gene alteration to create babies free from hereditary diseases. more
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S. Korea cloning expert on trial
The South Korean cloning scientist accused of faking his stem cell research has gone on trial in Seoul, charged with fraud and embezzlement. more
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Clone ‘would feel individuality’
A cloned human would probably consider themselves to be an individual, a study suggests. more
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Scientist reports on attempt to clone child
A Kentucky fertility specialist has published the world`s first scientific account of an attempt to create a cloned child, a scientific milestone that many researchers will likely condems. more
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Biologists want to drop the word ‘cloning’
“Using the term ‘SCNT’ instead of ‘cloning’ dramatically raised approval ratings”. more
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Korea to Join Stem Cell Race
South Korea has been reluctant to support local scientists for research into cloned human stem cells. However, with the new U.S. government deciding to lift the country’s restrictions on federal funding for new stem cell research, Korean regulators are feeling … Continue reading
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Some Stem Cell Research Limits Lifted
Guidelines proposed by the National Institutes of Health to carry out an order made last month by President Obama would allow research with federal financing only on stem cells derived from surplus embryos at fertility clinics. The money would still … Continue reading
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Scientists plan interspecies cloning
Cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut and three teams of U.K. scientists have asked their government for permission to restart cloning research, which they argue will eliminate the need for women volunteers to take fertility drugs in order to donate their eggs to … Continue reading
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