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Sunday, July 27, 2008
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+ DIGGING THEMSELVES A HOLE

by Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical Times

In the wake of new methods of deriving fully potent stem cells without destroying embryos, researchers and advocates appear to be falling into two camps.

http://www.biopoliticaltimes.org/article.php?id=4165

+ CLONING CANINE PATRIOTISM?

by Marcy Darnovsky, Biopolitical Times

Hwang Woo Suk’s dog cloning company is running online auctions and a “Golden Clone Giveaway” essay contest. Fortunately, the media are mostly ignoring the hype.

http://www. biopoliticaltimes.org/article.php?id=4158

+ FAME-COURTING BIOTECH RUNNING SHORT OF CASH

For the past decade, Advanced Cell Technology Inc. has claimed one spectacular success after another. Now, ACT could be on the verge of shutting down.

http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4180

+ IS SOCIAL EGG-FREEZING THE RIGHT THING FOR YOU?

Thanks to a new flash-freezing technique called vitrification, which minimises damage to the eggs, a new generation of thirty-something “social” egg freezers determined to secure their shot at motherhood is growing.

http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4181

+ INDIA: GOV’T TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF SEX SELECTION

The Uttar Pradesh state government in India has decided to review the poor implementation of India’s law prohibiting sex selection.

http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4161

+ BROWN DELAYS EMBRYO BILL

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown postponed until autumn the vote on the bill to overhaul the oversight of assisted reproduction and embryo research.

http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4160