Stem cell chief skids on banana peel
The newly-appointed head of the world's biggest stem cell program, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, IVF scientist Alan Trounson, has been embarrassed by irregularities...
Stopping research cheats
With high-profile scandals like the reports fabricated by stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk in mind, everyone is concerned with a growing incidence of scientific misconduct....
DNA pioneer in hot water again
James Watson, 1962 Nobel laureate for discovering the structure of DNA, has kindled a huge controversy in the UK by making apparently racist remarks in...
Embryos have souls, says stem cell scientist
A leading US stem cell scientist has declared that embryos are human and have a human soul from the beginning of their existence. Writing in...
Reprogramming is the future, says Gearhart
In a similar vein, one of the best-known American stem cell scientists, John Gearhart, of Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, writes in the New England...
Nobel awarded for work with embryonic stem cells
This year's Nobel awards for medicine highlight the growing possibilities of genetically-enhanced humans. Mario Capecchi, of the University of Utah, Martin Evans, of Cardiff University...
Suicide as a tidy little earner
A Japanese man deep in debt has been arrested after making assisted suicide into a money-spinner. Kazunari Saito, 33, will probably be charged with murder-by-contract,...
Selling the “mom job”
Despite protests from doctors and feminists, "mommy makeovers" -- breast augmentation, tummy tucks, and liposuction -- are becoming more and more popular in the US...
The next big thing after artificial intelligence
Robots will become so much like people in the future that we could fall in love with them, have sex with them, and even marry...
Footnotes
ILLINOIS: The giant US retailer Walgreens has reached a settlement with the state of Illinois which will allow its pharmacists to refuse to dispense the...