IVF technique reverses baby gender ratio
Cloud over ICSI A popular IVF technique may alter the natural gender ratio, American researchers have found. A survey of babies created with intracytoplasmic sperm...
Belgian coma man wrongly diagnosed for 23 years
Debate over facts A Belgian neurologist has discovered that a man believed to be living in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years was...
Brain scans used as evidence in US murder sentencing
Illinois convict’s brain disorder affects sentencing process Brain scans have been used, perhaps for the first time in the US, as evidence in the sentencing...
Is there an international market for human fat?
Peruvian gang allegedly melted down victims to sell to pharmaceutical companies Police have arrested three members of a gang in Peru which allegedly murdered local...
Obama sets up new bioethics commission
More pragmatic than Bush's Council A political scientist and a materials engineer will lead the new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. President...
Plan for tighter limits on stem cell research fails
Nebraskan university will abide by Obama’s federal stem cell research policies US battles over human embryo research have been fought in state legislatures and in...
Adult stem cells publicised in new videos
Family Research Council videos You don't see many Youtube videos about cures from human embryonic stem cells nowadays. Many of the champions of hESCs have...
Swiss to curb suicide clinics
Bill to be presented in March Swiss suicide clinics are facing a crackdown. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says either the clinics will have to accept...
Medical researcher debarment too slow, says US agency
US government watchdog calls for faster debarment of offending doctors US medical researchers who are to be debarred have been allowed to practise for up...
Legal sparring over privacy in Oklahoma abortion laws
Information posted on Health Department website A legal battle has arisen in Oklahoma over stringent new state abortion laws set to be passed at the...
Top US bioethicists clash
Ezechiel Emanuel criticised by Arthur Caplan Back in August, the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) took the unusual step of publicly denouncing the...
German doctor on trial for killing 13 patients in 2003
She denies the deaths were murder A German doctor accused of the manslaughter of 13 patients has tearfully rejected the charges in her second trial....