BioEdge

One casualty of Hwang's fall from grace is the reputation of the journal Science which published his work with great fanfare on May 19. According...

And in California, which is set to become a beneficiary of Korea's pratfall, embryonic stem cell scientists are gloomy for a different reason. No matter...

 A government-appointed committee has proposed that Australian legislation be amended to allow both the creation of hybrid embryos and therapeutic cloning. If accepted by its...

American researchers have coaxed adult stem cells from adult mice to change into brain, nerve, heart and pancreatic cells -- a discovery that could put...

Euthanasia has become a hot topic in the Czech Republic. As part of a revision of the criminal code, a bill before parliament sets a...

And in Switzerland, a university hospital will begin offering its wards for assisted suicides, provided that the person is of sound mind and incurably ill....

A former British SAS soldier has walked away with a two-year suspended sentence after killing his disabled 10-year-old son. Andrew Wragg, 38, admitted that he...

IVF: Doctors fail to test for endometriosis, a disease of the lining of the uterus which causes infertility, before giving their patients IVF treatment ,...

The world's first face transplant patient, Isabelle Dinoire, signed a film deal three months before her operation, the London Times, has revealed. Some doctors were...

 Three investigations have been launched into the research of therapeutic cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk, of South Korea. The journal Science, in which his article about...

An electric timer, rather than the hand of a doctor, will shut off life support for terminally Israeli patients who have a living will. A...

The New England Medical Journal has intervened in a highly public way to influence lawsuits against the pharmaceutical company Merck over Vioxx's links with heart...