A Vaccine against cervical cancer will be given to schoolgirls without them receiving any safe sex advice as a result of a controversial deal struck between the Catholic Church and health officials, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
From next month, 12 and 13-year-old girls at all schools in the country will start receiving the jab in [...]
August 23, 2008
Catholic Church Okay Cervical Cancer Vaccine But Block Contraceptive Advice For Girls
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Tags: Catholic Church, cervical cancer, communication, contraceptives, HPV, human papilloma virus, Scotland, sexuality, STDs
August 23, 2008
Japanese Create Stem Cells From Wisdom Teeth
Japanese scientists said Friday they had derived stem cells from wisdom teeth, opening another way to study deadly diseases without the ethical controversy of using embryos.
Researchers at the government-backed National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology said they created stem cells of the type found in human embryos using the removed wisdom teeth [...]
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Tags: Abortion, Asia, embryonic stem cells, Japan, stem cell research, stem cells
