Embryo research faces a renewed ban in US
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A US House of Representatives committee has proposed completely banning research using human embryos at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), following intense pressures from anti-abortion lobbies. The NIH has delayed issuing ethical guidelines for embryonic research, developed on the recommendations of an advisory expert panel, because of concerns of a conservative backlash. NIH funding may be restricted or cut because of this issue despite hopes that the guidelines would allow the NIH not only to fund but also to perform human embryo-based research.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Japanese university approves genetic tests on in vitro embryos
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The ethics panel of Kagoshima University Medical School has approved a protocol for testing Duchenne muscular dystrophy in human eggs fertilized in vitro. The approval will have to be confirmed by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The decision has been based on the safety and reliability of the technique and potential benefits, but gaining public acceptance will not be easy according to principal of the university's medical school and chairman of the ethics committee, Akira Hira.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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How to restore public trust in science
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The commercialization of research is largely responsible for the poor relationship between the scientific community and the general public. The main culprits in the devaluing of scientific authority are corporations and politicians, and not necessarily scientists themselves. However the problems can still be acted upon through a reliable scheme of transparency on patents, financial interests and corporate affiliations.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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