MORE COMPETITION FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
Yet another plastic, proliferating, pluripotent stem cell has been discovered, raising questions about the need for embryonic stem cells as cures for dread diseases. In...
“PILLOW ANGEL” AT CENTRE OF ETHICAL STORM
A profoundly retarded little girl and her loving parents are at the centre of a bioethical controversy this week. In October, doctors at Children's Hospital...
WE NEED HYBRID EMBRYOS, SAY UK SCIENTISTS
British stem cell scientists are fuming because their government will probably ban experiments with hybrid embryos which combine human and animal genetic material. They have...
ALI G RIPS INTO BIOETHICS
Confirmation that bioethics now has brand recognition comes with the mysterious appearance of several medical luminaries on Da Ali G Show, including the chairman of...
IS SUFFERING NECESSARILY LINKED TO EUTHANASIA?
Why should people have to be suffering to deserve voluntary euthanasia, asks a Finnish academic in the latest issue of the journal Bioethics. Jukka Varelius,...
IN BRIEF: stem cells, Korea, three parents
Stem cells: Researchers at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry have found that stem cells from the extracted wisdom teeth of young adults...