President Donald Trump
Donald Trump was a different sort of candidate and he gave a different sort of inaugural speech. It was short, sharp, divisive and isolationist, the...
Stem cells 1: ‘Be patient,” says Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka
Only a small portion of patients can be helped with stem cell therapyShinya Yamanaka / New York Times Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka won...
Stem cells 2: Was California sold a stem cell pup?
Most of the funds have been spent on building, not research The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was created in 2004 after voters overwhelmingly supported a US$3...
Using patents to restrict harmful applications of CRISPR
As a complement to government policies The new CRISPR gene-editing technology is an incredible tool, but it could be used for ethically-troubling procedures like human...
Catholic healthcare in Colorado may clash with new assisted suicide law
Two systems have refused to cooperate The US state of Colorado has legalized assisted suicide, but its large Catholic hospital system is refusing to cooperate,...
Duterte vows to roll out contraceptive plan in Philippines
President wants to halve poverty The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has vowed to ensure that there is “zero unmet demand” for contraception in...
First British man to give birth
'I'm going to be the greatest dad' In one of most head-scratching stories so far this year, a British woman who began living as a...
A doctor at the centre of the capital punishment debate
Dr Carlo Musso explains why he cooperates Emergency physician Carlo Musso is the President of CorrectHealth, a Georgia-based company with 400 employees which provides medical...