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more about #medical more comments → Klebert L. Hall: This doesn't matter any more than the stem-cell hassle in the US. The work will get done somewhere, and if the results are good will be adopted everyw... more » gorehound: Funding probably was turned down due to moral grounds in other words RELIGION. I do not like religion even my own. more » J_Frank_Parnell: I for one welcome our four-assed monkey-man overlor...ah, nevermind. But seriously, there is a "Human Fertilisation and Embrology Authority"- and th... more » Jeremy Tapsell: Gah!! But who will take down Manticore now??? And here I thought Jessica Alba was the shape of things to come... more » jhansen: I read this article in the Independent earlier today. Unfortunately, their central conceit – that the work that has been licensed by the HFEA should... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Pfft. How can they expect the mad scientists of the world to play god in that sort of environment? more » tetracycloide: project to cure heart disease and project to cure Parkinson's: "Me are make clones! Cure bad bads with help from animal friends!" HFEA: "You am play ... more » RocketBoy: Well, they could have followed in the footsteps of a previous British scientist in a similar field when he met with similar resistance to his work an... more » RocketBoy: Well, they could have followed in the footsteps of a previous British scientist in a similar field when he met with similar resistance to his work and... more » Hamslicer: My dreams for the future have been squished. more » Dunny0: Looks like I'm stuck with my Dreamcast for man/fish hybrids for the time being. more » LegalizeRoofies: Score one for the end of science? How can they even begin to do this? Morality is something that has to do with science on a basic level. If they a... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Well, now we won't have rogue transgenics implanting their larvae into people's bodies. more » Klebert L. Hall: "resulting in a host of ethical dilemmas and general anxiety that a pandemic is imminent." . So, pretty much like the current day, then? -Kle. more » PeggyK: Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, but I don't recall the sexual mores of the The World Inside being "free love" as much as "men chose who to have sex wi... more » -
#hybridembryo
Britain Abandons Hybrid Embryo Research
Research into human/animal "hybrid" embryos has hit a roadblock in the UK with all funding refused, and one of the three leading scientists in the field leaving the country in part, perhaps, due to disillusionment with hostility to his work. More » -
#hbo
Is HBO the Next Destination for Science Fiction?
With some networks offering mixed signals about their futures with science fiction, we may increasingly rely on cable for compelling television about the future. Fortunately, HBO is stepping up, developing two new science fiction series with X-Files alum Frank Spotnitz. More » -
