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| Drilling Into Ice to See Into Earth's Past, Future Paleoclimate researcher studies Greenland ice cores to see how Earth's climate has changed. feedproxy.google.com |
State leaders boost to Copenhagen Hopes are boosted for success at the Copenhagen climate summit as it emerges more than 60 state leaders are expected to attend. news.bbc.co.uk |
Harrabin's Notes A look at life inside the Copenhagen climate bubble news.bbc.co.uk |
Scientists find clue to killer of Tasmanian devils WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fierce as they are, Tasmanian devils can't beat a contagious cancer that threatens to wipe them out. Now scientists think they've found the disease's origin, a step in the race to save Australia's snarling marsupial.... hosted.ap.org |
Warning over claims of stem cell cures Scientists fear public confidence in their work risks being undermined by clinics selling bogus treatmentsInsufficient safeguards exist to stop desperate patients being exploited by clinics offering unproven stem cell cures, scientists and patients' groups warn as a Harley Street doctor goes before the General Medical Council accused of misconduct.The doctor, ÂRobert Trossel, is accused of sending patients from the UK to his Rotterdam clinic, where for up to £12,000 they could be injected with stem cells to help halt degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis. It has been suggested that Trossel's clinic was supplied by another firm, Advanced Cell Therapeutics, which offered to inject 400 booked patients in offshore waters on a ferry.The charges are that he offered, and made false claims about, treatments with stem cell therapy. Trossel denies the allegations against him.Stem cell scientists say they fear public confidence in their work risks being undermined by clinics that make false claims. Robin Lovell-Badge, head of stem cell biology at the National Institute for Medical Research, said: "To have charlatans trying … to make money from desperate patients is just terrible for the field."Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the MS Society, said: "We have been concerned for some time about the regulatory gaps that allow practices, such as selling bogus treatments, to go unchallenged. It is high time that regulators took firm action to stamp out cowboy stem cell operations."The Human Tissue Authority, which regulates stem cell use in the UK, inspects licensed clinics to ensure safety and quality. The International Society for Stem Cell Research has issued patient guidelines.HealthEmbryos and stem cellsControversies in scienceMedical researchSarah Boseleyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |