UK report calls for reduction in animal tests
A major British report into animal experimentation has concluded that testing should be reduced, even though it acknowledges that it has helped in significant medical...
Germline modification now on the horizon
A new report finds that recent rapid advances in stem cell research and genetic technologies make it far more likely than generally thought that human...
Mind your ethics, Doc, says health minister
Doctors should not take their high ethical standing for granted, the Australian health minister has warned in a scathing address. Tony Abbott said that doctors'...
Surrogates working for gay couples
Some American surrogate mothers prefer bearing children for gay couples because their involvement in the pregnancy is less stressful than that of heterosexual couples. According...
Abortion drug is “essential medicine”, say WHO and The Lancet
An editorial in The Lancet has demanded that chemical abortion drugs be placed on the World Health Organisation's list of "essential medicines". More than two...
Korean team proves that therapeutic cloning is possible
A team of Korean scientists has stunned the scientific world with its rapid progress towards therapeutic cloning. Woo-Suk Hwang and his colleagues have successfully created...
Reaction to Korean cloning story
US President George Bush has condemned stem cell advances in South Korea and declared that he would veto any legislation aimed at loosening restriction on...
The other kind of cloning becomes agenda item
Although Woo-Suk Hwang made it clear that making babies was definitely not on his agenda, the news prompted Michael Kinsley, of the Los Angeles Times,...
British scientists call for stem cell reality check
Three of the UK's leading stem cell scientists have reminded their colleagues that the safety and efficacy of stem cells has yet to be proven....
Illegal group ferrying Britons to Zurich to die
A former head of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society in the UK has set up a secret group to subsidise travel to a Swiss suicide clinic....
Living wills won’t save money
The US Health and Human Services Secretary has been forced to clarify his proposal to use living wills to slash the soaring cost of end-of-life...
US animal rights activists target medical labs
Some animal rights activists in the US are becoming increasingly radical, according to a report by Associated Press. Last month, in a typical incident, extremists...