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Following the legal ban on the use of human embryonic stem (HES) cells by government-funded researchers (see previous news), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reportedly instructed all scien

Confusion over government-funded human embryonic stem (HES) cell research in the U.S. has arisen after a federal judge blocked the 2009 executive order put in place by president Barack Obama (see prev

Plans to provide free genome scans to new students at the University of California, Berkeley (see previous news) have been modified following intervention from US regulators.  The Calif

The New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney has ruled that a brain-damaged teenage girl with developmental delay must undergo compulsory genetic testing, against the wishes of her father (see The Aust

In a new review of health-related ‘arms-length bodies’ or ALBs, UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced that several major health agencies are to be scrapped in an attempt to save

A report from the European Science Foundation (ESF) released last month examines key issues in human stem cell research and regenerative medicine, which it hails as having the promise to be ‘one

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), together with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) initiated a project last year to develop a dialogue wit

A genetic research project is using a novel approach with respect to patient involvement and feedback. The Gene Partnership Project (GPP), based at the Children's Hospital Boston in the US,

Following the news earlier this year that blood samples used for genetic research were to be returned to the indigenous Havasupai Indians in the US by Arizona State University (see previous news) come

The first, small-scale clinical trials of stem cells as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) have reportedly shown promising results (see BBC news report). Six patients were injected with stem cell