by Stem Cell Network | Nov 3, 2010
Yesterday, for the first time in seven years, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health heard testimony on the current status of stem cell research in Canada. Although the topics covered by MPs during the Committee hearings did not seem to reflect any...
by Stem Cell Network | Oct 22, 2010
In recent years the Stem Cell Network has worked closely with its international colleagues to shed light on clinics offering “stem cell” therapies for which there is scant scientific evidence. One such initiative is A Closer Look at Stem Cell Treatments, a web...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Sep 10, 2010
The US Court of Appeals in Washington DC yesterday suspended a recent temporary injunction issued by a federal district judge against the use of federal funds for hESC research. Read my earlier post on the injunction. The suspension is temporary, and is intended to...
by David Kent | Aug 31, 2010
This month, the food supply chain in the UK dropped the ball, and unbeknownst to the final consumer, meat from the offspring of a cloned animal ended up on dinner plates.This caused a stir in a country that has traditionally been quite wary of genetically modified...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Aug 26, 2010
On August 23, 2010, United States federal district judge Royce C. Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction that overturned President Obama’s recent reform of US federal policy on human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. The injunction — which will remain...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | Aug 11, 2010
The U.K. Government has announced plans to dissolve the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) – two independent regulators primarily responsible for stem cell research oversight in the U.K. – and to transfer their...
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