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Belgian coma man wrongly diagnosed for 23 years
Debate over facts A Belgian neurologist has discovered that a man believed to be living in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years was...
Brain scans used as evidence in US murder sentencing
Illinois convict’s brain disorder affects sentencing process Brain scans have been used, perhaps for the first time in the US, as evidence in the sentencing...
Is there an international market for human fat?
Peruvian gang allegedly melted down victims to sell to pharmaceutical companies Police have arrested three members of a gang in Peru which allegedly murdered local...
Obama sets up new bioethics commission
More pragmatic than Bush's Council A political scientist and a materials engineer will lead the new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. President...
Plan for tighter limits on stem cell research fails
Nebraskan university will abide by Obama’s federal stem cell research policies US battles over human embryo research have been fought in state legislatures and in...
Adult stem cells publicised in new videos
Family Research Council videos You don't see many Youtube videos about cures from human embryonic stem cells nowadays. Many of the champions of hESCs have...
I want to live forever
Longevity Summit convenes in California What is the world's most urgent problem? With most of us focused on mundane crises like global warming, or the...
Is bioethics an ally of atheism?
Bioethcists Schuklenk and Blackford argue for atheismFrom a professional bioethicist’s point of view, one of the disturbing facts to emerge from the heated debate over...
Ferrtility doctor accused of using own sperm
Did State have authority to order a paternity test? A Connecticut fertility doctor has been accused of using his own sperm to impregnate a patient,...