LONDON - Scientists in the UK have created human/animal hybrid embryos by fusing enucleated cow eggs with the nucleus of a banked cell from a human embryonic stem cell line. News of the achievement came as Parliament prepares to vote on new laws governing such research. (BioWorld International)

LONDON - As the race for the $1,000 genome heats up, Oxford NanoLabs Ltd., one of the leading European contenders, raised £10 million (US$19.89 million) in a second private round, enabling the company to develop working prototypes of its nanopore-based DNA sequencing technology. (BioWorld International)