France mulls embryo research reform

Human embryo research in France.

The French law on bioethics, voted upon in July 1994, is going to be revised. This is the occasion for France to reconsider its position concerning research on human embryos, which is currently prohibited in France, as it is in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. However, such research is authorised in other European countries such as the UK, Spain, Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands. The establi...

Cardiovascular Research in France

Walnut Research in France

Walnut research in France is carried out by scientists employed by the Centre Technique Interprofessionel des Fruits et Legumes (CTIFL) and the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA). (The Association Foret-Cellulose (AFOCEL) which has been active in research on walnut propagation is terminating their walnut project this year.) CTIFL focuses on applied research and technology tra...

France rethinks research plans

Three months can be a very long time when a revolution is on the roll and history is being made. On January 7, French researchers launched an internet petition under the title Sauvons la Recherche! (Let's Save Research!) asking the government to unfreeze funds, create new jobs and allow them a say in the legislation to reform science (Curr. Biol. (2004). 14, R139). By April 7, the research mini...

AI Research In France

In the first section, some characteristic features of AI research in France are presented, including difficulties with the current means and the current organization of AI research. In the second section, the state-of-the-art in different areas of AI is described. Besides some weaknesses, and in spite of the general difficulties mentioned in the first section, strong points and great potentiali...