Terri Schiavo fades after feeding tube removed
After almost two weeks without food or water, the death of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo is imminent. Her husband, who has succeeded in having...
Scientists need code of ethics in an age of terror
A Canadian bioethicist and an American scientist have used the leading journal Science to float a proposal for a ethical code for researchers in the...
Hair stem cells can morph into nerve cells
Adult stem cells in hair follicles can morph into neuron and other cells associated with neurons, according to research published in the Proceedings of the...
Frankenstein report” splits UK parliamentary committee
A UK parliamentary committee has published libertarian proposals for a radical change of direction for government policy on reproduction and fertility treatment. It endorses sex...
Australian moratorium on IVF embryos to lapse
Australian researchers will have unrestricted access to spare" IVF embryos from next month. Prime Minister John Howard has decided not to press for an extension...
Speed bumps slow progress for stem cell institute
California's new stem cell institute has hit speed bumps which are delaying commencement of its controversial research into embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning ....
Australia’s tiny sex selection industry closes its doors
Australian IVF clinics will no longer be able help couples choose the sex of their baby after the Federal Government's Health Ethics Committee ruled that...
Amputation obsession not harmless
A Scottish surgeon who has amputated the limbs of healthy patients at their request is trying to get their psychological disorder formally recognised so that...
IN BRIEF: Nitschke; Nazi experiments; population
Nitschke: Australia's best-known euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, has just published a book, Killing Me Softly, with journalist Fiona Stewart. The publicity blurb says that...