REPORT ON HWANG STEM CELL FRAUD DUE TODAY
Seoul National University is due to release the results of its investigation into the Hwang Woo-suk stem cell debacle today. At the moment, all of...
SOUL-SEARCHING BEGINS
The audacious fraud has raised questions about government involvement in research, the celebrity status of scientists, the viability and regulation of human embryonic stem cell...
KASS LASHES HWANG’S BOOSTERS
In an interview in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal, Dr Leon Kass, the former chairman of President Bush's Council on Bioethics, expressed...
AUSTRALIAN EUTHANASIA ACTIVIST MOVES TO NEW ZEALAND
After a new law banning the use of phones, faxes, email or internet to give instructions about how to commit suicide, euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip...
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER BREAST STEM CELL
It may be possible to grow replacement breast tissue from breast stem cells, say researchers from Vancouver and Melbourne in an article in Nature. The...
DEMENTED CONSENT
As more and more people are diagnosed with dementia in ageing populations, the need for research has become acute. But how can demented people give...
US GOVT EYEING RESEARCH ON PRISONERS
The US government is studying whether to relax its restrictions on the participation of prisoners in medical research. Under the existing rules, prisoners may only...
IN BRIEF: euthanasia
Euthanasia poll: A survey by the Pew Research Centre has found that Americans are split almost evenly on legalising doctor-assisted suicide: 46% approve and 45%...