Health Dec 12 Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity By Bruce Schreiner, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press
Health Apr 19 U.S. researcher says he’s ready to start pregnancies with ‘three-parent’ embryos Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to use them to start pregnancies. But they’re at a legal impasse. By Emily Mullin, STAT
Science May 16 Watch Major Embryonic Stem Cell Advance Raises Ethical Quandaries Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have achieved a longtime goal. They cloned a human embryo to derive embryonic stem cells able to transform into tissues and organs genetically identical to patients who need them. Jeffrey Brown talks to…
Science Feb 28 When the Ocean Gets Choppy, Corals Clone A team of Australian scientists have that corals can clone in a similar way that humans eggs split to create identical twins. By Jenny Marder
Science Nov 20 Researchers Decode DNA of Woolly Mammoth Scientists have mapped out much of the genetic code of the extinct woolly mammoth, opening the door to the possibility of recreating the animal and perhaps other extinct species within the next 20 years. By PBS News Hour
Aug 24 Watch Embryonic Stem Cell Development Raises Ethical Concerns Scientists have announced a new method of extracting stem cells from embryos, but it has done little to quell ethical concerns about the research. Two experts debate the ramifications of the new procedure. Continue watching