Reports in the British media that grant applications to create animal-human hybrid embryos for research were turned down on moral grounds, have been rejected by the funding bodies and scientists involved.
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January 14th, 2009
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January 14th, 2009
A presumed consent organ donation scheme?where organs are taken unless the donor has specifically opted out?could increase donation rates by up to 25 per cent, research has shown.
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January 14th, 2009
Staffordshire University union's loos are believed to be one of the first dedicated sets in the country and have already been declared a massive success.
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January 14th, 2009
Husbands who kill cheating wives in a so-called crime of passion will no longer be able to claim they were provoked, ministers will say today.
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January 14th, 2009
A third of online gambling websites are failing to provide adequate checks to stop under 18s using them, an investigation by the Gambling Commission found.
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January 14th, 2009
British Humanist Association campaign is offensive to Christians and Muslims, says early day motion.
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January 13th, 2009
Euro MPs will vote tomorrow on a proposed resolution critics say will promote abortion and gay marriage throughout the European Union.
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January 13th, 2009
Exclusive: Scientists say cash for research and existing projects has been cut off for 'moral reasons'.
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January 13th, 2009
Emotional wellbeing begins before birth. This is not just because the psychological environment into which a child will be born is significant, but family factors preceding the birth are also important and in their own manner communicate themselves to the baby in utero.
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January 13th, 2009
The Bishop of Gloucester was refused entry to India because he was unable to promise not to preach.