Women who give eggs to science to get cut price IVF

Global news coverage has provided a variety of perspectives on this significant development. The HFEA approval of cheap treatment for IVF patients who are prepared to give some of their eggs to cloning research, precedes their autumn consultation on this issue.

Also in the news this week - Tony Blair has been represented as divided from George Bush on the issue of licensing stem cell research.

Blair to lure US stem cell firms
The UK's Blair is in the US to build bridges with US businesses
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected to promote Britain as an ideal place for stem-cell research when he meets US biotechnology firms later.
Mr Blair is on a four-day visit to California to try to boost co-operation between the state and the UK.