JAPANESE SURGEON ACCUSED OF EUTHANASIA
Japanese police are investigating a surgeon who has killed seven patients over the last five or six years by removing them from their respirators. The...
TWO LEAVE HOSPITAL AFTER DRUG TRIAL DISASTER
Two UK men have been discharged from hospital after collapsing during a drug trial earlier this month. Four others are still in Northwick Park Hospital,...
INBRED BEDOUINS GET GENETIC COUNSELLING
In a rare example of Israeli and Palestinian cooperation, doctors on both sides of the border are analysing the high proportion of genetic diseases amongst...
GERMAN STEM CELL ADVANCE MAY AVOID USE OF EMBRYOS
German scientists have announced that stem cells from the testicles of mice may be as useful as embryonic stem cells. "If this turns out to...
TRAUMA TRIALS STIR CONTROVERSY
No experimentation without consent is one of the few ethical principles which is universally accepted by bioethicists. But some exceptions are needed for studies of...
DOCTORS WHO EXECUTE
The American Medical Association has decried the participation of doctors in executions as a clear violation of medical ethics. Nonetheless, since all 38 states with...
HWANG-GATE
More details about the golden years of disgraced stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk have emerged in a book by a Korean journalist. Lee Sung-joo, of...
IN BRIEF: stem cells, organ donors, cosmetic surgery…
Bioethics conference: Conservative and liberal bioethicists will hash out their differences at a July conference in Albany, New York. The Future of Bioethics in a...