The Human Tissue Bill continues to pose a threat to medical advances, the Royal Society has warned. It said the government had failed to take the concerns of scientists or doctors on board before publishing a revised version of the Bill. It said the bureaucracy required under the law was prohibitive and would stop research into cancer and heart disease. Health Minister Rosie Winterton insisted the Bill would take their concerns into account. The law was drafted in response to the Alder Hey and other scandals when it was revealed that doctors had been taking and storing organs and tissues from dead patients without permission.
