Scientists clone embryo and harvest stem cells for therapy
South Korea's Seoul National University reports the first successful cloning of a human embryo with stem cells culled for potential medical cures. Lead scientist Woo Suk Hwang will present at a AAAS meeting. details await in Science. Experts urge caution and note broader cloning bans may shape policy.
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South Korea
Seoul National University
Woo Suk Hwang
Advancement of Science
Science
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Whitehead Institute For Biomedical Research
Cambridge
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House
Senate
U.S
Laurie Zoloth
Northwestern University
Colorado at bottom in child vaccination rates
Colorado ranks last in child immunizations due to poverty funding cuts and a vaccine shortage. Only 63 percent of Colorado children aged 19 to 35 months received five major vaccines in 2002, with high whooping cough cases and millions spent treating preventable illnesses cited by health officials and hospital leaders.
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Associated Press
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Colorado
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Children’s Hospital
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Robert Brayden
Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition
Colorado Pediatric
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Colorado immunization program faces funding gaps for poor families
Colorado aims to expand vaccines for poor children amid enrollment caps and funding shifts. The state redirected 400000 for immunization costs and received 500000 in federal money. A public health overhaul is urged to guarantee shots, with a 1997 registry project still incomplete. About 2 to 3 percent of parents refuse vaccines. Dawn Winkler of Gunnison linked mercury in vaccines to her baby's death and remains cautious about vaccines for her son, stressing medical risk but not opposition.
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Bill Owens
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Ethics push guidelines for living donor cases in coma
NIH ethicists warn against family members harvesting organs from comatose relatives who never consent. A UCLA case involved a 20 year old firefighter whose kidney went to a sick cousin after doctors approved, sparking calls for rules that require patient consent and bar immediate family from benefiting. March UNOS meeting to discuss the issue.
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