The recent EU decision leaves open the possibility for researchers to obtain patent protection for inventions which describe a method of producing human embryonic stem cells that does not involve the destruction of a human embryo.
In the News
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December 16th, 2008
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December 16th, 2008
The number of teenage pregnancies leapt last year, despite all Government's efforts to increase sex education and contraception among children and the young.
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December 16th, 2008
A Leicester group is opening a night shelter for homeless people with nowhere to sleep at Christmas.
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December 16th, 2008
A Muslim think tank has found some UK Imams discriminate against women when enforcing Islamic Sharia law.
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December 16th, 2008
The Office for National Statistics published figures for under-18 pregnancies in England and Wales, showing a rise of at least 2.7 per cent in the rate last year.
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December 16th, 2008
Melanie Phillips says that the Government's obsession with pushing sex education and contraception is just creating MORE teenage pregnancies.
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December 16th, 2008
A number of fertilised embryos had to be destroyed at Irish fertility clinics last year as a result of "adverse events", according to a report published yesterday.
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December 16th, 2008
The law should stay as it is and each case should be determined on its merits.
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December 16th, 2008
Some Anglican clergy have added a multicultural twist to Christmas decorations, adding Hindu snowmen, a Chinese dragon and a Jewish temple to the lawn where the traditional scene of a baby Jesus, angels, and the three wise men used to be displayed alone.
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December 16th, 2008
Expectant mothers will be able to share their baby's progress before they even give birth after the development of a pregnancy belt that records their movements and downloads the information to the website.