WHO NEEDS ETHICS IF YOU’VE GOT A BRAIN?
One of the media's most astute observers of bioethical trends is William Saletan, chief national correspondent of the web magazine Slate. He recently surveyed a...
ORGAN TOURISTS CREATE “MEDICAL APARTHEID”
About 10% of all kidney transplants are a product of transplant tourism, says the World Health Organisation. About 66,000 kidneys were transplanted in 2005, with...
A WEEK OF EUTHANASIA ANNIVERSARIES
It's a week for euthanasia anniversaries. The Netherlands is commemorating the fifth anniversary of the legalisation of euthanasia on April 1, 2002. Radio Netherlands interviewed...
NEJM STIRS UP EGG PAYMENT DEBATE
Is the New England Journal of Medicine supporting a campaign to allow scientists to pay for women's eggs for stem cell research? A number of...
CALIFORNIA’S STEM CELL SCANDAL
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the tax-payer funded body which will dispense US$3 billion for stem cell research, is red-faced over a grant to...