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Exclusive: Andy Casey’s family believe he still responds to pain and his favourite music but have lost a High Court battle to keep him alive

"The sad fact is that no one, including Judge Chutkan, has been willing to employ the power of the judicial system"

Mr Justice MacDonald said evidence shows Andy Casey, 20, who was injured in a fight in July, has died.

Government may be letting firms discharge raw sewage more often than law allows, says Office for Environmental Protection

Lab-grown chicken is grown from fertilized chicken egg stem cells, and as such, doesn’t come from a live animal

Researchers use human naïve ESCs to develop a "complete" model of the human embryo in the lab from implantation to 14 days after fertilization. The model mimics the 3D structure and key hallmarks of post-implantation human embryos, including all lineages and compartments, without the need for sperm, eggs or a…

Scientists have developed human embryo-like structures without using sperm, an egg or fertilisation, offering hope for research on miscarriage and birth defects but also raising fresh ethical concerns

The Scientists have successfully created complete synthetic models of human embryos using laboratory-grown stem cells

The kidneys in the part-human, part-pig embryos were allowed to develop for 28 days.

The embryos were created without using sperm, eggs or a womb and could help gain insight into what causes birth defects or why miscarriages occur.

Tiny structures are not identical to human embryos, but could have various uses in medical research