by Angela C. H. McDonald | Jun 26, 2012
Hiromitsu Nakauchi has a vision for regenerative medicine. In this vision, he sees a renewable source of human organs for transplantation that are grown within the bodies of farm animals. Here’s how it works: pluripotent stem cells would be injected into an early...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | May 18, 2012
The Federal Government has proposed amendments to the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, the legislation that governs embryo research, including many aspects of stem cell research. The amendments, which are contained in an omnibus budget implementation bill tabled...
by David Kent | May 2, 2012
Anticipatory ethics and the problem of expectations One of my favorite things about Canadian Stem Cell Network meetings (now renamed the Till and McCulloch Meetings) is the integration into the main programming of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI). It...
by Stem Cell Network | Mar 5, 2012
by Lisa Willemse, with Ubaka Ogbogu and Timothy Caulfield The announcement last week that a team of researchers had identified stem cells responsible for generating human eggs caused a ripple of excitement for several reasons. Not only does the news end a controversy...
by David Kent | Feb 29, 2012
Last week I attended a breakfast at Eversheds, a law firm in Cambridge entitled Stem cell patenting, Brüstle v Greenpeace: business breaker or business as usual? which focused on the practical implications of the recent decision from the Court of Justice of the...
by Stem Cell Network | Jan 17, 2012
In recent years, the research community has been quite outspoken in its condemnation of rogue stem cell clinics operating in many countries across the globe. Indeed, through announcements made by health and related ministries in China, India and the US, it appears the...
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