Therapeutic cloning more hype than hope, says British scientist
As more and more problems with the use of embryonic stem cells come to light, adult stem cells are beginning to emerge as the leading...
Biologists urged to prevent misuse of their work by terrorists
Physicists learned their lesson with the atomic bomb, but biologists are only now beginning to realise that their work could be immensely destructive in the...
Ethics chief for British doctors favours assisted suicide
The chairman of the ethics committee of the British Medical Association says that he supports the right to assisted suicide. Dr Michael Wilkes says that...
The challenge of conscientious objection
The influential New England Journal of Medicine appears to be backing moves to curtail conscientious objection to medical procedures like providing contraception or participating in...
Pregnant woman on life support kept alive for baby
A pregnant woman in a coma will give birth to a baby. A Virginia woman whose brain function ceased last month will be kept on...
Artificial sperm and eggs are possible, say UK scientists
Within a decade, it may be possible for scientists to grow sperm and eggs from embryonic stem cells, according to scientists from the University of...
Mario Cuomo solves embryo research dilemma with a committee
Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has challenged President Bush's policy on embryonic stem cell research in an op-ed piece in the New York Times....
Italian IVF referendum fails
A dismal turn-out in a national referendum has scuppered hopes for a liberalisation of Italy's new law on assisted reproduction. Opponents of the measure, with...
Let premature babies die, says British ethicist
A British think tank with close ties to the Government, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, is studying whether premature babies born around 24 weeks should...
Better embryos than animals, say drug companies
Pressure by animal welfare groups on drug and biotech companies to stop testing their products on animals means that they will use human embryos instead,...
Skirmishing begins in Australian stem cell war
Wary of being criticised for over-selling the promise of their research, Australian stem cell scientists have begun a campaign to convince the public that it...
Underground euthanasia growing, says researcher
An international right-to-die movement is developing methods of facilitating assisted death which are "simple, painless, inexpensive and impossible to trace", according to a feature in...