DISCOVERY COULD LEAPFROG EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
The locked door to transforming one type of cell into another may have opened a crack. In a development which could have manifold ethical, political...
“PRIDE OF KOREA” GOES TO COURT
Stem cell expert Hwang Woo-suk and five other scientists who allegedly faked stem cell research went on trial this week in Seoul. They have been...
AMERICAN DOCTORS CLOSE RANKS ON TORTURE
Two of America's leading medical organisations have banned members from participating in interrogations and torture in places like Guantanamo Bay. A new policy by American...
CUBA’S HEALTH SYSTEM DENOUNCED BY DISSIDENT
And on the other side of the wire at Guantanamo Bay, a prominent Cuban doctor has written a scathing denunciation of her country's use of...
CLONING UNETHICAL, FOR THE TIME BEING, SAY IVF EXPERTS
Ethicists at the world's leading association for reproductive technology have decided to extend a moratorium on reproductive cloning, but only for a single year. The...
EGG FREEZING MOVES CLOSER
Another new product unveiled at the ESHRE conference could allow women to freeze their eggs so that they can become pregnant at a time of...
TOWARDS A WORLD WITHOUT AUTISM
A British IVF clinic want to create autism-free babies for couples who fear that they might have an affected child. A team at University College...
SEX SELECTION MARKET GROWS IN US
Overseas couples who want to choose the sex of a child are spending US$20,000 in American IVF clinics because the US is one of the...
FERTILITY RENEWAL HOPES DASHED
A year ago, a Harvard study suggested that the medical dogma that women have a limited supply of eggs was wrong, exciting much comment in...
IN BRIEF: stem cells, cord blood, Indian euthanasia
European Parliament: The European Parliament has approved funding for embryonic stem cell research. Although the funds will only be available to the three EU members...