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28.04.2009, 11:00
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Women over 60 are becoming mothers, and parents can choose if they want a boy or a girl – all thanks to the wonders of modern medicine. But, such help is not available to couples in Germany.
20.09.2008, 11:14
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The Australian government has issued the world’s first licence for the cloning of humans, reports the Reuters news agency. Sydney IVF has been given permission to clone human embryos in order to harvest stem cells. Because these cells have the ability to
14.05.2008, 07:37
Scientists from Cornell University in New York have produced what is believed to be the first genetically modified (GM) human embryo, the British Times Online edition reports. It was destroyed after five days. The announcement of the experiment’s results
30.05.2009, 09:14
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A girl-Mowgli has been discovered by police at a property in the eastern Russian city of Chita. The five-year-old could barely speak and attacked her rescuers like a wild animal.
11.08.2010, 06:53
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India is home to one quarter of the world's starving population and one third of its malnourished children while, at the same time, maintaining a surplus of food grain in government storage areas.
29.05.2009, 02:37
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In an attempt to identify infant prodigies for further specialized training, authorities of the Chongqing municipality in south-western China have launched a program employing complex genetic tools.
05.10.2010, 15:58
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A federal ministry questionnaire is asking the mothers of Russian schoolchildren if they have had abortions. This and other personal questions have sparked outrage among parents and the general public.
22.03.2010, 21:11
Moscow and London officials have organized a multimedia teleconference to draw public attention to the problems of children with Down syndrome and to discuss possible ways to help them integrate into society.
11.06.2010, 14:48
Last year the global media told a wonderful scare story: swine flu was a pandemic and it was threatening the world. Now the UN’s health authority is being accused of fear mongering on the behalf of drug companies.
03.09.2009, 04:04
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A doctor has been fired from an Estonian hospital for chucking the passport of a Russian patient into the dustbin because the teenager couldn’t speak Estonian.
Published: 04 May, 2009, 15:13
The embryonic research debate looks set to explode as the UK announces proposals to allow couples to bank embryos to help cure them of life threatening illnesses, stressing how divided Europe is on embryo regulations.
