Swiss canton to vote on assisted suicide on June 17
The Swiss canton of Vaud will hold a referendum on June 17 to decide whether nursing homes and hospitals must accept assisted suicide on their...
Highly accurate non-invasive pre-natal test available “within 5 years”
Scientists are moving closer to a reliable, non-invasive pre-natal test for genetic disorders. In a study in the journal Science Translational Medicine, Jay Shendure, of...
Synthetic biology could lead to disaster, says Oxford bioethicist
Synthetic biology offers the prospect of annihilating life as we know it, says Julian Savulescu Julian Savulescu, of Oxford's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, has...
Scepticism about California’s stem cell institute persists
The dispute over 2004's Proposition 71, for setting up California's US$3 billion stem cell research institute, has surfaced again in the local media. Los Angeles...