… AND PRO-CHOICE ADVOCATES WORRY, TOO
Genetic testing is shaking the mindset even of abortion advocates, says the New York Times. Although 70% of Americans would support women who terminate a...
SHOOTOUT AT TRANSPLANT HOSPITAL LANDS ISRAELI SURGEON IN JAIL
To the great embarrassment of the Israel Transplantation Society, one of the country's leading surgeons was arrested in Istanbul in the aftermath of a shootout...
CAESAREANS RISE IN AUSTRALIA
More and more Australian women are having elective caesarean sections for "lifestyle" reasons, according to a major survey. A study of more than 430,000 births...
TEN YEARS OF CLONING
A review of the state of cloning science in the journal Science by an American expert concludes that "our understanding is stalled at a fundamental...
IN BRIEF: euthanasia; democracy
UK euthanasia: A poll by a British magazine for doctors has found that two-thirds of general practitioners oppose the legalisation of euthanasia. And less than...
THE LATEST RUBBERY FIGURES ON DUTCH EUTHANASIA
About every five years, statistics on Dutch euthanasia are released. Figures for 2005, four years after the practice was legalised in the Netherlands, show that...
Artificial wombs will free women from ‘barbaric pregnancies’
It's not here yet, but a Norwegian bioethicist has already constructed a moral argument for ectogenesis, or bringing babies to term in artificial wombs. Writing...
“ASHLEY TREATMENT” ILLEGAL, SAYS REPORT
The Seattle hospital where a profoundly disabled girl received the controversial "Ashley Treatment" broke the law, says group which conducted an official investigation into the...
Morality is all in the brain, say researchers
Neuroscientists believe that they have discovered a biological basis for morality. If certain brain cells are knocked out with an aneurism or a tumour, the...
D-DAY FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
D-Day is approaching for embryonic stem cells, says the CEO of Geron, Tom Okarma. The world's first clinical trial will begin early next year on...
EGG MARKET GROWS IN US
The average payment in the US for egg donation was US$4,217, according to a recent article in the journal Fertility and Sterility. However, at least...
MASSACHUSETTS TO INVEST US$1 BILLION IN STEM CELLS AND BIOTECH
A US$1.25 billion spending package has been unveiled to make Massachusetts a major centre for embryonic stem cell research. in Boston that the funds would...