California governor vetoes egg-payment law
California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed a proposed law that would have allowed payments to women who give their eggs to scientific researchers. Read more
US bioethicists recommend more tests before child anthrax vaccine trials
Bioethicists proposed limits today on the types of clinical trials of anthrax vaccine and other drugs and vaccines aimed at bioterror agents that can be conducted in children. Read more
Geneticists debate what to tell patients about clinical genome sequences
Should patients undergoing genome sequencing be screened for a minimum set of disease-causing mutations, and should adults and children receive different types of genetic results? Read more
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