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Should three people be allowed to make a baby?

Jun

2014

Just last week, for instance, a British scientific panel decided that the fertility technique is not unsafe for patients who suffer from mitochondrial disease. The decision hints that British government may soon amend legislation that currently bars the procedure, called mitochondrial replacement (MR), from entering human trials. Thus, the first baby with three genetic parents […]

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Anonymous attacks UK Prime Minister and Home Office websites with DDoS assault

Apr

2012

Anonymous hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the websites of 10 Downing Street and the British government’s Home Office website, preventing legitimate users from visiting the sites by flooding them with unwanted internet traffic.The hacktivists, operating under the Anonymous banner, say that they have launched the action in support of Pentagon hacker Gary […]

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Will the UK Cyber Security Strategy make a difference?

Nov

2011

The British government has today published its Cyber Security Strategy detailing how it plans to protect national security and the public from internet threats, and (hopefully) support the British economy at the same time. The UK’s government plan is to co-operate with the private sector in the fight against cybercrime, beef up the computer crime-fighting […]

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