What to expect from the Vatican
Hi there, The big event of the week was the election of a new Pope in Rome. The fact that about 6,500 journalists were reporting...
The super-bug apocalypse
Antibiotic resistance is as grave a threat as terrorism or climate change, according to Britain’s Chief Medical Officer. While we fret about another 9/11, stray...
Valuable new stem cells discovered in breast tissue
Rare stem cells extracted from adult breast tissue are pluripotent and can become most cell types, researchers at the University of California at San Francisco...
Who succeeds to the British throne if the queen is a lesbian?
In a debate in the House of Lords over ensuring that a first-born daughter of the Duke of Cambridge could become queen, a peer asked...
Two US legislatures favour radical abortion restrictions
More battles on the abortion front in the US in North Dakota and Arkansas. More battles on the abortion front in the US. North Dakota...
Progress for Muslim bioethics
Muslim bioethics has failed to keep abreast of rapid advances in medical science, writes Abdulaziz Sachedina, of George Mason University, in the blog Contending Modernities.Muslim...
New pope unlikely to change bioethics stand
Judging from his 2011 book Sobre Cielo y Tierra, the new Pope's stand on bioethical issues is fully in sync with his predecessors. New Pope...
Suicide deaths rise in Australia after promotion of illegal drugs
More and more Australians are importing the illegal lethal drug pentobarbitone from overseas as a way of committing suicide. More and more Australians are importing...
The gamete market comes Down Under
An Australian fertility clinic, Monash IVF, has taken the radical step of importing eggs from the US, at a cost of A$19,000 per package.Faced with...