Aborted tissue: waste not, want not, say British scientists
Is this an idea whose time has come? It’s a shame to waste the organs of aborted babies, two British scientists have argued. Given the...
After the applause dies down, questions linger about embryo decision
Criticism of Obama’s scientism President Barack Obama’s speech lifting restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research was characteristically eloquent and was widely...
A senior moment for Bill Clinton?
Confusion over embryos Former President Bill Clinton attempted to defend President Obama’s position on stem cells on prime-time TV and ended up with egg on...
Stem cell cures horizon blows out
Could take a century, says researcherDespite President Obama’s thumbs-up to embryonic stem cell (ESC) research last week, the day when stem-cell cures become available is...
Australians importing illegal suicide drug from Mexico
Elderly defying government bans Australians are using the internet and the mail to obtain bottles of the suicide drug Nembutal from Mexico. Shipments of the...
Religious patients hang onto life longer, says study
They also cost more, notes the New York Times Patients who draw on religion to cope with their illness are more likely to receive intensive,...
Mind-brain debate still open question
New book offers fresh hypothesisFrom reading journals like New Scientist and Scientific American, or even Science and Nature, you might think that scientists have solved...
Why not bestiality, asks bioethicist
In the footsteps of Peter Singer As taboos go, bestiality is right up there with incest, smoking and blowing your nose in the tablecloth. But...
Stem cell breakthrough: safe and ethical
Canadian and British researchers find new methodA Canadian and British team may have made the breakthrough of the year: risk-free pluripotent stem cells created without...
Final Exit Network members arrested
4 charged after death in GeorgiaFour leading members of the Final Exit Network (FEN), an assisted suicide organisation, have been arrested in the US state...
Obama moves to rescind conscience rule
Political storm brewingThe Obama administration is moving to rescind a controversial rule allowing health-care workers to refuse to do abortions or supply contraceptives. The rollback...
Washington opens doors to physician-assisted suicide
Follows November’s referendum "Death with dignity”, aka physician-assisted suicide, became legal in Washington state today. Nearly 60% of voters supported the radical change in a...