Final ACT?
A lab that pioneered cloning technology and stem cell treatments faces closure unless it secures more funds by 31 July. Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Massachusetts, may have to cancel plans to test a stem cell treatment for blindness. “If we don’t obtain funding in time, I hope someone is willing to take the torch and run with it,” says chief scientist Robert Lanza.
Testing, testing
A leap in experimentation on genetically modified animals, mainly mice, boosted the annual number of procedures on animals in the UK by 6 per cent to 3.2 million, the Home Office reports.…
