STEM CELL TUMOURS: THE THREAT IS REAL
Although only this month renowned stem cell expert Alan Trounson, of Monash University in Melbourne, told the media that transplanted embryonic stem cells do not...
NONETHELESS, SIGNS OF PROGRESS
Despite the discouraging news from New York this week, there have been some small advances towards clinical applications of embryonic stem cells. Novacell, a small...
SUICIDE RISK WITH COSMETIC SURGERY
Ethical storm clouds hover over cosmetic surgery at the best of times. Is it consistent with a doctor's ethic of healing to turn his skills...
METHUSELAH MUMS OK, SAYS UNIVERSITY STUDY
Are quality mothers younger or just more dedicated? Researchers from the University of Southern California say that age is no bar to being a perfectly...
SPENDING IN MISSOURI CLONING CAMPAIGN SHATTERS RECORDS
Are backers of therapeutic cloning buying support in Missouri? An article in the St Louis Post-Dispatch has analysed the spending in a vigorous campaign for...
DROPPING THE WORD “CLONING”
The word "cloning" gives the public bad vibes, say biologists who support cloning of the therapeutic variety. They are trying to substitute the clumsier technical...
AMERICA’S CELEBRITY BIOETHICIST, ARTHUR CAPLAN
Let's say you're an American journalist whose editor has just tossed you a controversial medical story. Whom to ring? The first name in your rolodex...
MIT’S PLUG FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
While we're still at MIT and Technology Review, take a look at on the magazine's website featuring an MIT professor who is one of the...
ARTIFICIAL SPERM AND EGGS ADVANCING SLOWLY BUT SURELY
A special feature in this week's New Scientist reviews progress towards the creation of eggs and sperm from embryonic stem cells. In the short term,...
UK MAN HELPS WIFE TO DIE AND WALKS FREE
A husband has walked free from a British court after helping his seriously disabled wife to commit suicide. He was given a nine-month suspended jail...