THREE eminent professors from the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge wrote to The Times recently (21 February) doubting that the Human Tissue Bill now going through Parliament was intended to hinder advances in diagnosis and treatment, but saying they believed that is exactly what its effect would be. The research community, they said, is constantly being urged to use human tissue rather than to experiment on animals; the bill would make that more difficult.
For reasons New Scientist highlighted (1 May, p 4), I too am uneasy with the bill. I asked health minister Rosie…
