Sweden approves creation of ’designer babies’

Sweden approves creation of ’designer babies’ Tuesday, 29 May 2007 The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare yesterday granted three families the right to screen embryos to create a child who can be a stem cell donor for a sibling with a deadly illness. A fourth family is under consideration. This comes after a new law on genetic screening came into effect 1st of July last year. Read all at: Sweden approves creation of ’designer babies’ CellNEWS - Tuesday, 29 May 2007 ………….. ZenMaster

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California Supreme Court Clears the Way for Stem Cell Grants

CA Supreme Court Clears the Way for Stem Cell Grants Thursday, 17 May 2007 Finally the battle over the Californian stem cell program is over. The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to take up the case, already decided in the lower courts. In this way they cleared the way for the state to start selling their proposed $3 billion in bonds. This will finance the research grants distributed by CIRM over the next ten years. ………….. ZenMaster

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UCI Scientist to Start Therapeutic Cloning

UCI Scientist to Start Therapeutic Cloning Tuesday, 15 May 2007 UC Irvine neurobiologist Hans Keirstead and his research team today launched a project to develop stem cell lines that genetically match human patients. These lines would allow scientists to better study conditions ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s disease, and they would provide the basis for potential patient-specific stem cell treatments. ………….. ZenMaster For more on stem cells and cloning, go to CellNEWS at http://www.geocities.com/giantfideli/index.html