HWANG SLIDES DEEPER INTO QUAGMIRE OF LIES
News from Korea about the work of disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk becomes more confusing by the day. Only one thing is constant: today's...
SCIENTISTS’ CONFIDENCE IN THERAPEUTIC CLONING UNSHAKEN
Despite the debacle in Korea, stem cell scientists and supportive bioethicists and journalists are confident that therapeutic cloning will succeed. At least three research groups...
CRITICS CALL FOR TIME OUT TO REFLECT
Of course, not all observers tried to put a good face on the Korean scandal. The chief editorial writer for The Independent in the UK,...
AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS LOBBY FOR CLONING
Stem cells are also at the top of the bioethics agenda in Australia at the moment. A government report, the Lockhart Review, has recommended that...
SMILE FOR THE PATIENTS, DOCTOR!
A smile makes up for doctors' lack of dress sense, a New Zealand study has found. Most patients prefer smiling doctors in semi-formal attire to...
CHINESE PRISONERS IN ORGAN MARKET
The British press has again reported that the Chinese military is profiting from the sale of organs of executed prisoners. A reporter for the London...
US MEDICAL SCHOOL EMBROILED IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL
In a scenario more familiar on Wall Street than in American universities, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has become the first...