Skulduggery
I’m sure it’s just randomness and not something in the water, but often our newsletters seem devoted to a theme, be it euthanasia, or IVF,...
Stem cell shenanigans by a Casanova in the Karolinska
Celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini under fire in Sweden and the USPaolo Macchiarini Is there something about stem cells which provokes highly competent scientists into...
Preparing for medicine with artificial gametes
The Nuffield Council has produced an intriguing white paper. Foreseeing bioethical problems is one responsibility of the UK think tank, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics....
Another euthanasia scandal in Belgium
Is autism grounds for a lethal injection?Tine Nys (centre) with her sisters Another euthanasia scandal in Belgium. Two sisters have complained on a television...
LA doctor gets 30 years for prescribing pain killers to addicts
Will this have a chilling effect on doctors?Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng A Los Angeles doctor has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for prescribing...
US military to offer sperm and egg storage
Part of making the military “family friendly” As part of its effort to make the US Department of Defense a more “family-friendly employer”, Secretary Ashton...