Embryo research: Chances of legislation fade

The Evolution of Legislation in the Field of Medically Assisted Reproduction and Embryo Stem Cell Research in European Union Members

Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR), involving in vitro fertilisation (IVF), and research on embryos have created expectation to many people affected by infertility; at the same time it has generated a surplus of laws and ethical and social debates. Undoubtedly, MAR represents a rather new medical field and constant developments in medicine and new opportunities continue to defy the attempt t...

Promoting life?: Embryonic stem cell research legislation.

Legislation, social licence and primate research.

The end of monkey research?” ask Melissa Suran and Howard Wolinsky (2009) against a background of growing concern over the use of primates in research. Indeed, the one factor that might have the biggest impact on primate research in Europe is the revision of Directive 86/609, which will greatly affect the work of many scientists. It is therefore in the interest of all researchers to get an unbi...

GMOs in Russia: Research, Society and Legislation

Russian legislation lags behind the rapid developments witnessed in genetic engineering. Only a scientifically based and well-substantiated policy on the place of organisms that are created with the use of genetic engineering technologies and an assessment of the risks associated with them could guarantee that the breakthroughs achieved in modern genetic engineering technologies are effectively...

Hopes fade

fossil fuels, however, would require the need to look beyond wood. Choren Industries claims that 20 million tons of straw are ploughed back into the soil each year, which could be turned into four million tons of BTL diesel, covering 14 per cent of current diesel demand. A further three to six million tons per year could be obtained from wood grown on currently unused agricultural land. Accordi...