British activists call for creation of deaf embryos
Cultural identity of deaf people needs to be preservedDeaf people should be allowed to create designer deaf embryos, says the head of the Royal National...
1 million embryos destroyed in UK in 14 years
Independent politician unearths government statistics More than 1 million embryos have been destroyed by British IVF clinics over the past 14 years, according to government...
Stem cell wars not over yet, say Harvard scientists
It's far too early to put all eggs in reprogramming basketAlthough stem cell research changed forever after Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka revealed that he had...
John Edwards seeks political traction with death of 17-year-old
Nataline Sarkisyan becomes political football for debate over healthcare The tragic death of a 17-year-old California girl has become an political football in the American...
Politicians, religion and science
Editor of Science focuses on unhealthy mix of religion and science in presidential campaignIn a telling sign of how the election is viewed by the...
NEJM, the brain and God
Has leading medical journal endorsed theory that religion is a neurological artefact?Has the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world’s leading medical journals,...
Norwegian doctors “thick as thieves”, claims ethicist
Anger over scientist censured for rebuking colleagues in media In a stinging attack on his colleagues, a leading British-Norwegian ethicist has alleged that the Norwegian...