HEALTHY YOUNG MEN NEAR DEATH AFTER DRUG TRIAL
A drug trial run by an American research company for a German biotech has left six young men seriously ill in London, two of them...
HANDICAPPED BRITISH CHILD SAVED FROM HOSPITAL
A British couple have won a reprieve for their severely handicapped son after his hospital asked to let him die because of his poor quality...
TWO MORE WOMEN DIE AFTER USING RU-486
Two more American women have died after taking the abortion pill RU- 486, the Food and Drug Administration has announced. It issued an alert warning...
ITALIAN MINISTER CALLS DUTCH NAZIS OVER CHILD EUTHANASIA
Are Nazi ideas re-emerging in Europe? Despite furious protests from the Dutch government, an Italian minister has dug in his heels and refuses to apologise for...
AMERICANS DEBATE CHILDREN’S “WRONGFUL BIRTHS”
Parents in Ohio can now sue doctors whose misdiagnosis leads to the birth of a disabled child whom they would otherwise have aborted. A 4-3...
EMBRYONIC STEM CELL FUNDING SCARCE
Finding private funding for stem cell treatments is getting no easier, according to reports in the financial magazines Red Herring and Forbes. "I would say...
DOLLY’S “DAD” DEFENDED BY COLLEAGUES
After a blast of criticism following reports in the British press that he was not the main figure in cloning Dolly the sheep, Professor Ian...
IN BRIEF: Hwang-gate…
Hwang-gate: Hwang Woo-suk, the disgraced Korea stem cell researcher, has been fired from his post at Seoul National University. Six of his colleagues were also...