Belgian doctors often kill newborns
More than half of the newborn babies who died in the Dutch- speaking region of Belgium were helped on their way by doctors, according to...
Large US companies moving into stem cell research
Several large companies in the US are starting to do research with embryonic stem cells (ESCs), the Wall Street Journal has discovered. Amongst the companies...
Disability activists fearful after Schiavo case
Disability activists in the US are worried that the death of Terri Schiavo may set a precedent for how they will be treated, according to...
Researchers still learning about brain injuries
In the wake of the bitterly contested death of Terri Schiavo, the New York Times has surveyed how much doctors know about the type of...
Nazi scientists did cutting-edge science by following funding trail
A large part of the worst criminal activity was not pseudo-science A deeper look at the role of scientists in Nazi Germany is overturning the...
England moves one step closer to euthanasia
England and Wales have moved a step closer to legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide with the publication of a House of Lords select committee report...
Researchers fret over California’s golden egg
Despite their delight at California's commitment of US$3 billion to stem cell research after November's referendum, some prominent US scientists are worried. They fear that...
Religious clouds gather over Enlightenment, says editor
In an editorial which expresses the exasperation of many scientists, the editor-in-chief of the leading US journal Science, Donald Kennedy, has complained that religious faith...
Now for something completely different
Doctors at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have used adult stem cells to cure a golden retriever suffering from a lymphoma, a...
IN BRIEF: restless scientists; Korea; confidentiality
Restless scientists: Breaking with a tradition of siding with the Administration, several scientists at the US National Institutes of health have made public their dislike...