More information needed about organ trafficking, says UN report
Report endorses "voluntary altruism" International regulation is needed to stop trafficking in human organs, tissues and cells, says a report to the United Nations and...
Poll “shows” Quebec specialists favour euthanasia
But do they know what it is? A poll released this week claims that three-quarters of medical specialists in Québec are in favour of euthanasia....
Poland may chemically castrate sex offenders
... if the bill survives legal challenges One of the world's best-known Poles, Roman Polanski, would be chemically castrated if he had been found guilty...
Massachusetts woman tries to crack sperm donor anonymity
Experts thinks she will not succeed A Massachusetts woman is trying desperately to identify the anonymous sperm donor father of her twin daughters who have...
Is Britain’s stem cell crisis a beat-up?
Independent campaigning over hybrid embryos Few areas of science journalism are more susceptible to frothy beat-ups than stem cell research. The UK Independent ran an...
Adult stem cells used to grow jawbone
Could revolutionise treatment of bone defects Scientists at Columbia University have created part of a human jaw joint by growing human adult stem cells on...
Dementia should be treated as a terminal illness
Article in New England Journal of Medicine Is dementia a terminal illness? Yes, according to an article this week in the New England Journal of...
… but who decides what is terminal?
Dramatic case in UK But what can happen when dementia is treated as a terminal illness may not always please close family members, an article...
Warning for California egg donors
Schwarzegger signs new law After lobbying from a wide range of groups, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a bill requiring that advertisements...
Are bioethicists bioethical?
ome philosophers have their doubts Here’s a bit of fun for professional bioethicists. A forthcoming paper in the philosophy journal Mind discusses the ethics of...
NIH head appointed to Pontifical Academy
... even though he is an Evangelical Christian President Obama’s choice as the head of the National Institutes of Health, Francis S. Collins, has been...