BBC NEWS: “South Korean scientists say they have made stem cells tailored to match the individual for the first time.

“Cloning for research purposes is profoundly unethical”

Julia Millington of the ProLife Alliance

Each of the 11 new stem cell lines that they made were created by taking genetic material from the patient and putting it into a donated egg.

But the researchers told Science that there were still hurdles to overcome. ”

Full story:
BBC NEWS | Health | Stem cells tailored to patients
Wired News | Stem Cells Made to Order

/. jgaynor writes “Citing user requests to coalesce it’s disparate services, Google today released its new personalized homepage service. It allows you to arrange your Gmail, Google News, Google Maps driving directions, weather and a few select news services (including Slashdot) on a single page. Future plans include Universal RSS support. Clearly a shot at existing services like My Yahoo.”

* Slashdot | Google’s New Personalized Homepage

/. nght2000 writes “Stanford University has created an autonomous driving robot to compete in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge Race. The race will be held on October 8, 2005 in the desert Southwest. The team that develops an autonomous ground vehicle that finishes the designated route most quickly within 10 hours will receive $2 million. The route will be no more than 175 miles over desert terrain featuring natural and man-made obstacles. The Stanford Racing Team’s vehicle is a Volkswagen R5 turbo diesel Touareg that was donated by Volkswagen of America. The Stanford Team has been working with the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratory on the project.”

* Slashdot | Stanford and Volkswagen Create Autonomous Vehicle