MASSACHUSETTS TO INVEST US$1 BILLION IN STEM CELLS AND BIOTECH
A US$1.25 billion spending package has been unveiled to make Massachusetts a major centre for embryonic stem cell research. in Boston that the funds would...
MORE BRITONS BECOME SUICIDE TOURISTS
Euthanasia campaigners in the UK are commemorating the fifth anniversary of the death of Diane Pretty. She suffered from motor neurone disease and in 2002...
NEWBORN EUTHANASIA DISMISSED BY BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
An editorial in the British Medical Journal has dismissed calls for the non-voluntary euthanasia of newborn babies. Professor Kate Costeloe, of the University of London,...
AUSTRALIA ENTERS AGE OF THERAPEUTIC CLONING
After a long and heated debate in the state parliament, Victoria has become to allow therapeutic cloning. The Premier, Steve Bracks, boarded a plane for...
SEX SELECTION KITS SOLD OVER INTERNET
A company has begun to market sex selection kits over the internet in Britain. that couples can determine the sex of their baby at just...
SQUINTING TO SEE THE ETHICS
Adding to the number of conditions for which embryos can be designed for nervous parents who want a healthy baby, the possibility of screening for...
Plastic immortality grows in popularity
Want to get plastinated? This is not an invitation to a boozy night out, but a novel way disposing of your mortal remains. Your body...
CAN 6-YEAR-OLD HAVE TRANSGENDER ISSUES?
Barbara Walters's program 20/20 on the American ABC network is not famed for its nuanced presentations of complex topics. So its lurid coverage of transgender...