UK 'fertility tourists' urged to think carefully before travelling for treatment
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has urged couples seeking fertility treatments to 'think twice' about travelling to other countries for an 'IVF holiday'. The HFEA, which was set up in 1991 to regulate, license and monitor the provision of fertility treatment in the UK, said that couples... [Read on]
Stem cell hope for genetic kidney disease
A team of US scientists has managed to successfully treat mice with symptoms of a genetic kidney disease, using bone marrow stem cells. The researchers, based at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, transplanted stem cells into animals affected by Alport syndrome, and saw a significant improvement in their condition... [Read on]
US stem cell news
The Senate Health Care Committee in the US state of Florida voted 7-1 last week in favour of a bill that would provide state funding for embryonic stem (ES) cell research. Senate Bill 468, sponsored by Democrat Senator Ron Klein, would provide $15 million of state funds for ES... [Read on]
'Stem cell ferry' gets round EU rules
Controversial stem cell therapy is to be provided in the UK on overnight ferries sailing in international water in order to bypass EU regulation. Advanced Cell Therapeutics (ACT), a Swiss company which offers treatment to sufferers of neurological disorders at twelve clinics around the world including some in Holland and... [Read on]
UK couple's bid to save stored embryos
A UK woman who underwent fertility treatment after having her womb removed is calling for a change in the law, to prevent frozen embryos belonging to herself and her husband from being destroyed next week. The couple, who have not managed to find a suitable surrogate mother to bear their... [Read on]
World Stem Cell Hub is shut down
The World Stem Cell Hub - set up last year at Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea - is the latest victim of the ongoing Korean stem cell and cloning saga. The hub, which was established to create 'a global network' of stem cell lines created in countries across the world... [Read on]
Lesbian appeals to supreme court over refusal of fertility treatment
A lesbian woman, from California, US, is appealing a court decision that upheld a decision made by her doctors to withhold fertility treatment from her on religious grounds. Her case will be heard in the California Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, after having been heard in various... [Read on]
X-SCID gene therapy cancer risk in mice
Replacement genes used to treat an inherited immune disorder could trigger cancer, new research carried out on rodents suggests. The study, published in the journal Nature, shows that treating mice with a normal copy of the gene defective in X-linked severe combined immune deficiency (X-SCID) results in cancer of the... [Read on]
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Date Published: May 05, 2006
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