Cadaver scandals rock US
Two scandals over cadavers donated to medical schools have rocked US universities. The University of California at Los Angeles has stopped accepting corpses for its...
Ethical deficit is research asset for Chinese stem cell science
In five to ten years China could become a world leader in therapeutic cloning and related research, a US stem cell scientist has predicted in...
Australian clinic creates two “saviour siblings”
An IVF clinic has claimed an Australian first by achieving two pregnancies of "saviour siblings". Sydney IVF said that it had culled embryos for tissue...
Leading US cancer institute “withheld risks” of experiment
A court case involving one of America's leading medical research centres has opened up a discussion of the limits of informed consent. The Fred Hutchinson...
“Parachute research” for drug companies hits ethical nerve
Drug companies and ethicists in the US are troubled by the ethical dilemmas of conducting clinical trials overseas. A report in the New York Times...
Sacked scientist campaigns for unbiases US science policy
A scientist sacked from the President's Council on Bioethics and a serving member of the Council have published a sharp critique of George Bush's science...
Menopause dogma could be a myth
Defying half a century of conventional wisdom, scientists have discovered that female mammals can produce new eggs after birth. Until now it had always been...
Save me from my doctors, says UK patient
A 44-year-old man with a degenerative brain condition has challenged official UK guidelines on withdrawing life-prolonging treatment. As a victim of cerebellar ataxia, Leslie Burke...
Watching the watchdog
The UK bodies which regulate nurses and doctors have been hauled before the High Court for excessive leniency in two recent cases. A new government...
IN BRIEF: Israeli surprise; Vatican appointment; Singapore sperm shortage; Australian IVF; stem cell
A scientist who tried to poison his wife and covered up his crime by lacing products on supermarket shelves with poison is teaching medical ethics...