POTENTIAL ORGAN DONOR WRONGLY DECLARED BRAIN-DEAD
It doesn't happen often, say the experts, but it does happen. A 47- year-old California man, John Foster, had a massive brain haemorrhage and was...
INDIANA APOLOGISES FOR COMPULSORY STERILISATION
One hundred years ago, back in 1907, the American state of Indiana passed the world's first compulsory sterilisation law. In 1909 the law was suspended...
BRITISH TO SCREEN EMBRYOS FOR ALZHEIMER’S
A group of British IVF experts has announced that it is about to begin screening embryos for genes which predispose people for early- onset Alzheimer's....
ABORTION “CRISIS” IN BRITAIN
Britain is staring down the barrel of an abortion crisis, because fewer and fewer doctors are willing to do the procedure. According to the Royal...
BEREAVED MOTHERS CLASH WITH ABORTION SUPPORTERS
The grief of mothers of stillborn babies is set to clash with abortion rights in California. Legislators there are preparing to debate a bill which...
ANOTHER SOUTH KOREAN CLONER IN HOT WATER
The South Korean government has done a lot of huffing and puffing about restoring the ethics and credibility of Korean stem cell science after the...
IS THERE A RIGHT TO A CHILD?
The issue of whether there is a right to bear children surfaced again in Britain after a woman lost an epic fight in the courts...
ADULT STEM CELLS MAY HAVE CURED DIABETES
Adult stem cells may have cured young Brazilian diabetics of their ailment. "It's the first time in the history of type 1 diabetes where people...
HOMEBREW SPERM ON HORIZON
British researchers have turned human bone marrow tissue into primitive sperm cells, raising hopes that it may be possible for women to produce their own...