“A British expert on medical ethics last night congratulated University College Cork (UCC) for its “admirable move” in approving the use of embryonic stem-cell research at the campus. Speaking at a debate on stem-cell research at UCC last night, Baroness Mary Warnock said scientists had an absolute duty to ‘proceed on this path of human compassion’. Ms Warnock chaired a landmark government committee in the 1980s that established British law on fertility treatment and embryo research …” (more)
[Olivia Kelleher, Irish Times, 25 November]