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Comment on the situation in Italy

8 November 2008

ESTOOLS Principal Investigator Elena Cattaneo comments on the situation for hESC research in Italy, in the wake of the outcome of the 2008 US Presidential election. See the page in our Ethics section.

UPDATE 25 November 2008

Under the heading Science, dogmas and the state Nature Journal carries a book review by Prof. Cattaneo of Armando Massarenti's Staminalia: Le Cellule Etiche e i Nemici Della Ricerca (Staminalia: Ethical Cells and the Enemies of Research). Dr Massarenti will participate in the ESTOOLS OPEN SYMPOSIUM ON STEM CELL SCIENCE, ETHICS & COMMUNICATION to be held in Rome 27 May 2009.

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