Vision restored to blind using own eye stem cells
Successful reimplantation of eye stem cells Patients who were blinded in one or both eyes by chemical burns were restored their sight after healthy stem...
Celebration of human genome anniversary muted by slow progress
Still not much progress for human health Reflections, both sanguine and sombre, on a decade of research after the decoding of the human genome continue...
Sperm bank for beautiful people opens
If you’re not beautiful, forget it What follows is taken from a press release. It doesn’t require much editorial comment. www.BeautifulPeople.com, the dating site with...
Final Exit to put up roadside assisted-suicide billboards
Organisation advertises right to die A US group, the Final Exit Network (FEN), plans to put up billboards with the slogan “My Life, My Death,...
Berkeley introduces students to genetic revolution
Controversial program goes ahead Despite criticism the University of California Berkeley is sticking to its plan to offer incoming freshmen and transfer students a genetic...
Back from the dead?
Will it be possible to communicate with patients in vegetative state? British researchers believe that they have found a way to communicate with people who...
Dutch euthanasia growing rapidly
Is it due to the collapse of palliative care? The number of Dutch euthanasia deaths in 2009 has risen by 13% over 2008 to 2,636....
Hollywood 2010 bioethics seminar #2: Repo Men
Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and organ repossession Well, at 22% this is one of the lowest ranking films on Rotten Tomatoes, but Repo Men does...
The other side of the Phoenix Catholic abortion case
Doctor defends bishop's decision A Catholic bishop in Phoenix, Arizona, has come under fire for excommunicating a nun who authorised an abortion in a Catholic...
Peter Singer: always good for shock value
Peter Singer still backs infanticide and euthanasia When controversy erupts, some people dive below the parapet and some people stand up and shoot back. Whatever...
A bioethical telenovela from Argentina
June 18, 2010 Hi there! I realise quite keenly and lament the fact that BioEdge’s coverage of the world of bioethics is biased towards the...
DNA and Argentina’s Dirty War
Heirs of Argentine media fortune battle with government A billion-dollar inheritance, a swaggering media conglomerate, newspaper rivalry, an incompetent government rankling over criticism, the open...