Italian IVF referendum fails
A dismal turn-out in a national referendum has scuppered hopes for a liberalisation of Italy's new law on assisted reproduction. Opponents of the measure, with...
Let premature babies die, says British ethicist
A British think tank with close ties to the Government, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, is studying whether premature babies born around 24 weeks should...
Better embryos than animals, say drug companies
Pressure by animal welfare groups on drug and biotech companies to stop testing their products on animals means that they will use human embryos instead,...
Skirmishing begins in Australian stem cell war
Wary of being criticised for over-selling the promise of their research, Australian stem cell scientists have begun a campaign to convince the public that it...
Underground euthanasia growing, says researcher
An international right-to-die movement is developing methods of facilitating assisted death which are "simple, painless, inexpensive and impossible to trace", according to a feature in...
Drinking and doctoring “rife” in UK, says BBC
The BBC has claimed that intoxication is "rife" amongst British doctors. The British Medical Association estimates that one in 15 doctors abuses drugs or alcohol....
When is a veto really a veto?
A study of the words which American President George Bush uses to browbeat Congress shows that his language becomes most categorical when he is dealing...
America, land of fruits and nuts?
A government-funded study has found that more than half of Americans will develop a mental illness at some time in their lives. This startling statistic...