鈥淚 decided a few weeks ago not to pursue nuclear transfer.鈥�
Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the sheep, turns his back on the therapeutic cloning technique he has used, explaining that rival methods pioneered in Japan are more practical and 鈥渆asier to accept socially鈥� (The Daily Telegraph, London, 16 November)
鈥淭his is genuinely exciting news. These people have a juggernaut-sized heroin problem and I really don鈥檛 know whether we could turn it around.鈥�
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John Strang, head of the UK National Addiction Centre, on a new scheme to set up 鈥渟hooting galleries鈥� where heroin users can obtain and inject the drug under supervision (The Independent, London, 20 November)
鈥淵ou鈥檙e looking at a lot of dead animals, and we need a better way of dealing with it.鈥�
The state government of Michigan recently made it easier for farmers to compost dead livestock, but Lynn Henning of environmental body the Sierra Group is worried about toxic run-off (Associated Press, 16 November)
鈥淭hey say it鈥檚 un-Canadian and you must leave the hospital if you want to do it.鈥�
Tom Louie, head of infection control at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, describing doctors鈥� reluctance to do a procedure involving faecal transplants, which apparently cures 90 per cent of patients with the Clostridium difficile superbug (CBC TV news, 14 November)
鈥淎s police we鈥檙e not experts in dealing with monkeys. We can deal with mad bulls but monkeys are more difficult.鈥�
Delhi鈥檚 deputy police commissioner Jaspal Singh laments a fresh wave of monkey attacks on the city鈥檚 population this month (AFP, 13 November)