Head-to-head: Human Cloning
Two patients who could benefit from stem cell therapy debate whether it is ethical to clone human embryos to find cures for diseases.
Sue Moore has Parkinson's disease and hopes research on embryos will lead to a stem cell cure for her condition.
But Pamela Vack, who has motor neurone disease, opposes human cloning research, even though it could potentially save her life.
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Sue Moore has Parkinson's disease and hopes research on embryos will lead to a stem cell cure for her condition.
But Pamela Vack, who has motor neurone disease, opposes human cloning research, even though it could potentially save her life.
Read Full Story
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Exercise Your Anti-Cancer Option
Among women, regular exercise in their 40s slashes breast cancer risk. Among men, routine physical activity exerts a protective effect against prostate cancer.
US National Cancer Institute(Maryland, USA) researchers have found that regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the ten-year period preceding menopause may help reduce the risk of breast cancer later in life. Studying 118,899 postmenopausal women...
US National Cancer Institute(Maryland, USA) researchers have found that regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the ten-year period preceding menopause may help reduce the risk of breast cancer later in life. Studying 118,899 postmenopausal women...
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