First monkeys cloned in China
This week’s announcement by Chinese scientists that they had cloned macaque monkeys prompted a walk down memory lane for me. The scientists aver that they...
First cloned monkeys born in China
But scientists disavow any interest in human cloningThe first cloned monkeys made with somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) were born recently, according to Chinese scientists....
‘Deacon of death’ on trial in Belgium
Former nurse may have killed up to 100 peopleIvo Poppe in court A Roman Catholic deacon and nurse may be Belgium’s worst serial killer....
First compensation claim for compulsory sterilisation in Japan
A reminder of a dark eugenic pastOld documents related to Japan's Eugenic Protection Law A Japanese woman in her 60s is planning to sue the...
Is a dementia patient two different people?
If so, how can the present person bind the future person through an advance directive?from 'Reflections of the Past', a photo series by Tom Hussey ...
UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection
A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill Baroness O'Loan, former Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland A Northern Ireland peer has introduced a...
Another stem cell fraud in Japan
Nobel Prize laureate Shinya Yamanaka takes the blame for a subordinateNobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka has been dragged into a case of stem cell research...
British surgeon censured for branding patients’ livers
"An abuse of power and a betrayal of trust," says judgeDr Simon Bramhall A British surgeon who branded the livers of two of his...
Rebel doctors and hospitals still targeted by Assad regime
Reports of a dramatic increase in attacks on medical facilities Syrian medical facilities have experienced a dramatic increase in attacks, particularly in opposition-controlled areas of Hama...