Another researcher turns to reprogrammed cells
Is Harvard’s George Daley changing his tune?American researchers have used reprogrammed stem cells to produce “diseases in a dish” – cell lines which will allow...
California also turns towards reprogramming
CIRM moves into pluripotent cellsThe Harvard Stem Cell Institute is not the only research centre to have changed its tune lately. A close examination of...
Israeli rabbi condemns sperm donation
"Bringing an orphaned child into the world is an unimaginable act."Political correctness must be a struggling species in Israel, to judge from comments about sperm...
Too much inaccuracy in Terri Schiavo coverage, says bioethicist
Case reveals the emergence of a pro-life social stream, says researcherA review of media coverage of the Terri Schiavo case coordinated by a Canadian bioethicist...
Yellow journalism and cloning
Owner of cloned pit bull pups has shady history ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM UPPER LALALAND – There are strong ethical arguments against attempting human cloning (not...
Vigorous Australian IVF industry attracts private investors
A growing market and government subsidies make IVF a lucrative business "Life is precious. And the creation of life? Extremely lucrative." This is the opening...
Doing nothing is better than two common fertility techniques
Artificial insemination and fertility drugs are "an act of faith" Two common infertility treatments offered by IVF clinics may not help couples to have children,...
Cash-strapped US women selling their eggs
It’s the economy, stupid, not altruism In the slowing American economy, some women are making ends meet by selling their eggs, claims a Las Vegas...
British government tightens purse for drugs
Watchdog recommends ditching "rule of rescue" The British government’s medicine’s watchdog has decided that patients will not be able to obtain government subsidised drugs if...
Utterly tasteless: Monty Python on informed consent
“Bring out yer dead...” Fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail may remember this excruciatingly funny (or excruciatingly tasteless) scene in which the collector...