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Embryonic Stem Cells

Frankenstein Food? What About Frankenstein Himself?

Sophia Moseley | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Dna, Cloned Meat, Novelty Food, Food, Dolly-the-Sheep, Genetics, Embryonic Stem Cells, Cloning, Human Cloning, Scientists, UK Tech News
Sophia Moseley

The UN voted in favour of a ban on all human cloning but it was 'non-binding' so the UK continues to experiment with cloned embryos from which stem cells can be used to treat disease. However, 'reproductive cloning' was made illegal in the UK in 2001.

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Cambridge Academics Will Bypass European Stem Cells Ruling

Ellee Seymour | Posted 13.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Cambridge University, Embryonic Stem Cells, UK News
Ellee Seymour

The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, has vowed to flout a European Court of Justice ruling that bans patents on embryonic stem cells by turning to the United States or India instead.

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