South Korea’s top human cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk has apologised and resigned after his colleagues announced that he had fabricated results in his stem-cell research. Several UK-based experts in the field have reacted to the news. read more
Science Media Centre fielded enquiries and provided experts on the health and environmental effects of the Buncefield oil explosion. read more
Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council (MRC), said: “The increased use of genetically modified animals, the … read more
Oxford University has resumed building work on its new laboratory complex on South Parks Road. Top scientists comment on what this means for medical research in the UK. read more
Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched a review of UK energy needs which could pave the way for a new generation of nuclear power stations. We provide further reaction from the energy and nuclear power community. read more
UK stem cell research leaders comment on the resignation of Professor Hwang Woo-suk, a cloning pioneer from South Korea, who today apologised for using human eggs from his own researchers. read more
Alan Johnson, the trade and industry secretary, is briefing the Commons Environmental Audit Committee tomorrow and is expected to deny the government’s energy review has a nuclear bias. Energy experts comment for us on this decision. read more
The government’s food watchdog says traffic light coding is the best way for consumers to pick healthy options, our nutritionists and food scientists give their views. read more
Journalists reporting on the Health Protection Agengy (HPA) electrosensitivity report needed more information, so we found scientists to add their comments to the debate. read more
The news that avian flu had hit Turkey prompted weeks of media coverage, and the SMC found virologists, bird migration experts, vaccines and antiviral specialists and infectious disease professors to carry out dozens of interviews on this issue. read more
As a report into complementary medicine commissioned by Prince Charles was released, we put up scientists to comment on the science behind it. read more
Panos Zavos of the Andrology Institute of America was in town again to announce his second unsuccessful attempt to clone a human and John Gonzalez was there to recruit sperm donors. We found experts to comment. read more
After a report from the Royal Commission of Environmental Pollution, we asked scientists to question and comment on the science. read more
Scientists commented on a Mail front page “Babies being poisoned in the womb” which was based on the WWF report on the transferral of chemicals in cord blood. read more
These comments were collected after the HFEA granted a license to research creating an embryo containing genetic material from two mothers. read more
Professor Chris Stringer, hominid researcher, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, said: “On the chimp fossil find – this shows … read more
Professor Tipu Aziz, Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary who uses primates in his pioneering research into Parkinson’s Disease, said: … read more
Professor Ian Wilmut, Centre for Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh, said: “This is a very interesting paper that adds considerably … read more
The new research, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, described a new way to develop GM plants. read more
Lord Winston, Imperial College, London, said: “There is a clear case for thoroughly examining the clinical regulation of in vitro … read more
