The Lancet launches embryo stem cell campaign
One of the world's leading medical journals, The Lancet, has launched a campaign for human embryonic stem cell research as the UN approaches a debate...
New promise for adult stem cell research
Two articles in the current issue of The Lancet highlight possible therapeutic uses of adult stem cells. In a German study, adult stem cells derived...
British doctors debate ethics at annual meeting
The annual meeting of the British Medical Association defeated a motion that policy statements on controversial issues should be decided at the annual meeting rather...
Bush under pressure from scientists
More than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel laureates and 127 members of the National Academy of Sciences have signed a letter accusing the Bush administration...
Foetal stem cells persist in mothers
Cells from babies live on in their mothers for her lifetime and could even prolong it, US researchers at Tufts-New England Medical Center have found....
Singapore row over research ethics
Singapore's dreams of becoming a world-class research hub for biotechnology are being tarnished by a dispute over the sacking of a UK scientist who used...
Italy’s new IVF law attacked after tragic case
Italians are debating their strict new IVF law after it had unforeseen consequences for a 26-year-old Sicilian woman. Pregnant with triplets after an IVF procedure,...
Facts with few readers — or readers with few facts?
An exchange in the letters column of the leading journal Nature raises interesting points about whether scientists should worry about the message or the facts...
IN BRIEF: Australian infertility ~ underage girls and IVF ~ sperm donors
Skyrocketing rates of obesity and diabetes in Australia may leave many women unable to conceive a child, say doctors. "I believe that within 10 years,...