GERMAN NURSE CONVICTED OF 28 KILLINGS
A male nurse has been convicted of killing 28 patients -- making him Germany's worst serial killer since World War II. Stephan Letter, 28, injected...
ANIMAL RIGHTS PARTY SET TO ENTER DUTCH PARLIAMENT
The Dutch Party for the Animals could win one or even two seats in tomorrow's national election. "We see this as a follow-up to liberating...
DO NOT RESUSCITATE VERY EARLY PREEMIES, SAYS UK REPORT
Rejecting a call from British O&G doctors to consider legalising infant euthanasia, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has recommended that active killing of newborn babies...
ADVANCES FOR ADULT STEM CELLS
Adult stem cells have helped ease the symptoms of muscular dystrophy in golden retrievers, according to a report in the journal Nature. The study focused...
IRISH JUDGE RULES IVF EMBRYOS NOT PROTECTED BY CONSTITUTION
Frozen embryos do not have a right to life under the Irish constitution, the Irish High Court has ruled. This was the outcome of a...
DISASTER TRAINING NEEDED, SAYS KATRINA DOCTOR
The experience of Hurricane Katrina shows that American doctors need training if they are to cope effectively with future disasters, says a New Orleans oncologist....
CHINA ADMITS ORGAN TRADE
After years of rumours, the Chinese government has finally acknowledged that it has been engaged in selling the organs of executed prisoners to medical tourists...
IN BRIEF: fertility; Dawkins; celebration; stem cell tumours
Fertility: A British doctor has developed a do-it-yourself fertility test so that women won't miss the last train to motherhood. Professor Bill Ledger, of Sheffield...
US ELECTIONS GIVE MIXED PICTURE ON FUTURE OF EMBRYO CLONING
Opponents of cloning human embryos are licking their wounds after last week's US election. Although the issue was just a straw in the gale which...
ISRAEL’S COUNTDOWN TO DEATH FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL
On December 15, a technology-driven advance directive for dying patients will come into effect in Israel. People will be able to record their wishes on...
BRITISH RESEARCHERS NEED HYBRID EMBRYOS
British scientists have applied to create human-animal hybrids in an effort to clarify a gap in existing legislation. Two teams of researchers say that they...
Nazis’ low tech genetic engineering remembered
For the first time, children raised in a Nazi program to breed blond, blue-eyed Aryans have met together as adults. Children from the Nazis' "Lebensborn",...