Author Archives: Science Media Centre
scientists comment on new stem cell research
The research, published online by Nature, found that adult stem cells could behave more like embryonic stem cells, and that embryonic cells offered a potential route for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. read more
scientists comment on review of MMR vaccine health scare
The article was published in Clinical Evidence, a journal from the BMJ publishing Group, is the most comprehensive review of MMR to date, and shows that there is no scientific evidence linking the MMR vaccine to bowel disease or autism. read more
scientists comment on BBC GM drama
These comments follow the screening of the new BBC drama ‘Fields of Gold’, written by Ronan Bennett and Alan Rusbridger (Editor of The Guardian), at the Science Media Centre. read more
scientists comment on news of GM debate
These follow the Government announcement that there should be a full and informed debate of GM issues, including GM crops. read more
scientists react to Prime Minister’s speech on science
In a speech at the Royal Society, Tony Blair called for an end to the suspicion and mistrust that sometimes surrounds the work of scientists, and highlighted the need for “a robust, engaged dialogue with the public”. read more
scientists comment in anticipation of Prime Minister’s speech
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is due to speak out against the “anti-science fashion” that is growing in the UK. read more
scientific community responds to GeneWatch UK report
The 100-page investigation into GM and cloned animals called for an independent inquiry into the use of these animals in medical research, claiming that inadequate controls are causing untold suffering to these animals. read more
scientists dismiss maverick human cloning claims – again!
Scientists have once again been forced to respond to claims by controversial Italian fertility expert Severino Antinori that human reproductive cloning is already taking place. Following media reports last week that one of his own patients is expecting a cloned child, Antinori has now used an Italian chat show to claim that three other woman are pregnant with cloned babies. read more
scientists react to reports of GM pollution.
The report by Mexican government scientists, presented at the Convention on Biological Diversity in The Hague, suggested that genes from USA GM maize had crossed the Mexican border, polluting non-GM maize grown there. read more
scientists comment on maverick cloning claims
These comments follow claims from Dr Severino Antinori that a woman in his fertility programme is eight weeks pregnant with a cloned human embryo. read more