Mix-up becomes TV drama
Mix-ups in IVF clinics are in the UK media again, with the screening this week of a docu-drama, "Born with two mothers", on Channel 4....
Progress report: adult stem cells
A California company has announced that it can obtain ethically non-controversial stem cells from the placenta. Celgene Corporation has developed a technology which isolates pluripotent...
US IVF industry begins to centralise
In a move which reveals the growing sophistication of the IVF industry, a supplier of business services is quietly building up a nationwide network of...
Bioethics and language
An Indian doctor has coined a new term to describe screening and eliminating unborn children if they have genetic defects, preventive genetics". Dr Sharad Gogate,...
IN BRIEF: gelding cloned; bills fail
Cloning: French and Italian scientists have succeeded in cloning a horse which was an endurance champion. Horses in endurance races are normally gelded, so they...
Belgian doctors often kill newborns
More than half of the newborn babies who died in the Dutch- speaking region of Belgium were helped on their way by doctors, according to...
Large US companies moving into stem cell research
Several large companies in the US are starting to do research with embryonic stem cells (ESCs), the Wall Street Journal has discovered. Amongst the companies...
Disability activists fearful after Schiavo case
Disability activists in the US are worried that the death of Terri Schiavo may set a precedent for how they will be treated, according to...
Researchers still learning about brain injuries
In the wake of the bitterly contested death of Terri Schiavo, the New York Times has surveyed how much doctors know about the type of...
Nazi scientists did cutting-edge science by following funding trail
A large part of the worst criminal activity was not pseudo-science A deeper look at the role of scientists in Nazi Germany is overturning the...
England moves one step closer to euthanasia
England and Wales have moved a step closer to legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide with the publication of a House of Lords select committee report...
Researchers fret over California’s golden egg
Despite their delight at California's commitment of US$3 billion to stem cell research after November's referendum, some prominent US scientists are worried. They fear that...