Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Australian Perspective

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: An Australian Perspective

A conscience vote of individual parliamentarians in the Australian government last month regarding amendments to current legislation regulating human embryonic stem cell research yielded a surprising outcome. Despite opposition by the Australian Prime Minister, the Senate and House of Representatives voted to adopt the recommendations of the Lockhart Review and approve human somatic cell nuclea...

The Australian policy debate about human embryonic stem cell research.

International perspective on embryonic stem cell research.

OBJECTIVE To comparatively analyze governmental regulations on embryonic stem cell research among countries. METHODS The study was performed between March and May 2008, using a direct electronic search through official databases of legislative documents from 25 selected countries, confirmed by email consultation with researchers and authorities from these countries, when necessary. RESULTS ...

Fellowships: Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Bonn Risk Index (BRI) is being used for the assessment of urinary calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystallization. There are no published data regarding BRI during growth. The objective of this study was to establish ageand sex-dependent BRI values in healthy children and adolescents. A total of 1,050 Caucasian subjects aged 3– 18 years (525 males, 525 females) without a history of kidney stone disease ...

An offshore haven for human embryonic stem-cell research?

n engl j med 353;16 www.nejm.org october 20, 2005 1645 national debate over the ethics of such research. The most promising method of making patientspecific and disease-specific embryonic stem-cell lines — somatic-cell nuclear transfer — is also the most ethically troubling for many people, because it requires both the creation of embryos for research purposes and the recruitment of women as eg...