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Human embryos cloned, but scientists “underwhelmed”
The clincher, producing a stem cell line, is yet to come After a decade of trying and a spectacular fraud in South Korea, a California...
South Australian parliament to study new stem cell technique
Could be first in world to contend with new wrinkle in debate The state of South Australia could become the first jurisdiction in the world...
New York case tests informed consent
Man sues hospital over forced rectal examination Informed consent to medical procedures is absolutely necessary: true or false? While nearly every medical layman would answer...
Informed consent inconvenient for our research, complain UK scientists
They want to mine tissue banks to create hybrid embryos Writing open letters to the government warning of imminent catastrophe has become part of the...
IVF parents sue over defective baby
Lawyers expect massive payout after clinic fails to screen for cancer gene A Melbourne couple who failed to get the baby they commissioned from a...
British PM drops “opt-out” proposal for organ donation
He was just flying a kite, says spokesman The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has backed away from his robust advocacy of presumed consent for...
US abortions hit 30-year low
But neither side is sure why American abortions have hit their lowest level since 1976 -- 1.2 million in 2005, down from 1.3 million in...
If ethics committees were a drug, would it be approved?
Slow, ponderous and ineffective, say doctors Although American hospitals are required to have ethics committees, doctors shun them. According to a survey published last year,...