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Reproduction and Responsibility

A new report from the President's Council on Bioethics says the government should more aggressively oversee the largely unregulated fertility industry.

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Bioethics in the national spotlight

A Great Conversations event at the University of Minnesota about bioethics. Jeffrey Kahn, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Biomedical Ethics, and Harold Shapiro, professor of economic and public affairs at Princeton University, discuss cloning, health care reform, and genetic engineering.

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Microsoft lawyer says it competed vigorously, but not illegally

Lawyers for Microsoft are making their opening statements in Minneapolis, in a case seeking more than $400 million for Minnesota consumers. The class action suit against the software maker is the only one of more than 30 such cases around the country to go to trial. Plaintiffs say Microsoft's illegal monopoly in computer operating systems and certain software allowed it to charge high prices to individuals and businesses. Minnesota Public Radio's Jeff Horwich reports Microsoft's lawyers are eager to defend the company.
by Jeff Horwich

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Science Museum under the microscope

The new president of the Science Museum of Minnesota talks about guiding the St. Paul attraction through difficult economic times and competition from other cultural and educational institutions.

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Senate committee passes bill backing stem-cell research

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would erase any doubts about the legality of the University of Minnesota's stem-cell research.

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Lawmakers oppose U of M's stem cell research plan

Dozens of lawmakers are prepared to stand behind a bill that would deny public money to institutions that conduct research on human embryos. The bill is a threat to the University of Minnesota, where officials announced that they will pursue embryonic stem cell research.

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North Dakota expects big things from nanotechnology

The Red River Valley is best known for growing wheat and sugar beets. But North Dakota officials hope to produce a bumper crop of high tech jobs in the next decade. Many of those jobs will be built around a nanotechnology research initiative at North Dakota State University.

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Biotech has potential in rural Minnesota

There are only a few places in the country considered hotbeds for emerging biotechnology industries. Minnesota isn't one of them. Gov. Pawlenty hopes to change that with an initiative to strengthen a biotech corridor in the Twin Cities and Rochester. But some say biotech businesses could also spur economic development in rural Minnesota. Leaders in Bemidji are exploring ways to develop a mini biotech cluster of their own.

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U of M pursues private funds for embryonic stem cell research

The University of Minnesota will seek private funds to expand current stem cell research to a controversial use of embryonic cells. Researchers are hoping to avoid clashes with abortion opponents and investigate cures of diseases.

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Pawlenty proposal leaves bioscience proponents disappointed

Governor Pawlenty has outlined a series of proposals to help Minnesota's emerging biotech industry. Pawlenty has made biotech a top priority of his administration. But the governor's recommendations don't go as far as the proposals from the biosciences council he created last year. Industry experts say even if Pawlenty's package passes in its entirety, Minnesota will have to do more down the road to be a major player in the biotech industry.

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