Embryonic stem cell vote
The European Parliament decided on 19 November by 300 votes to 210 to allow public funding of research on stem cells taken from human embryos. Member states will be able to choose whether to use EU money for such research. The decision could yet be overturned by the research ministers next month.
Ebola vaccine tested
As the latest Ebola outbreak sweeps through the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), the first experimental vaccine against the virus is being tested on some 20 healthy volunteers. The first “primer” shot is a mixture of synthetic genes from the virus.…
