At least one reason why Belgium is not boring
Last year the London Telegraph ran a travel article about Belgium, “10 reasons why Belgium is not as boring as you think”. A bit patronising,...
Indian husband steals wife’s kidney without her knowledge or consent
Illegally sold to a sick businessman to settle a dowryOne of the more bizarre stories of the murky work of organ trafficking comes from Kolkata....
Membership rising in Swiss assisted suicide group Exit
Last year, it helped 734 people to die In 2017, 10,078 people joined the Swiss euthanasia organisation Exit and the number of assisted suicides rose...
First case report of transgender woman breastfeeding an infant
Modest but functional lactation can be induced in transgender women In another step forward in the transgender movement, a trans woman (a natal male) has...
Conscientious objection twisting in the wind in Canada
For years bioethicists of a utilitarian cast have argued that conscientious objection has no place in medicine. Now Canadian courts are beginning to put their...
Germany outraged by emissions tests on animals and humans
But are the protests ill-informed?Protesters demostrate against experiments The German car industry is in hot water again, this time over tests of the effects of...
Enthusiasm for gene therapy cools after animal tests
High dosage led to toxicity and animal deathsA new gene therapy technique that uses high doses of viruses to carry healthy genes to cells recently...
What is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work?
It's an exciting field, with much to discoverWhat is CRISPR gene editing, and how does it work? You’ve probably read stories about new research using...
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....