Hair stem cells can morph into nerve cells
Adult stem cells in hair follicles can morph into neuron and other cells associated with neurons, according to research published in the Proceedings of the...
Frankenstein report” splits UK parliamentary committee
A UK parliamentary committee has published libertarian proposals for a radical change of direction for government policy on reproduction and fertility treatment. It endorses sex...
Australian moratorium on IVF embryos to lapse
Australian researchers will have unrestricted access to spare" IVF embryos from next month. Prime Minister John Howard has decided not to press for an extension...
Speed bumps slow progress for stem cell institute
California's new stem cell institute has hit speed bumps which are delaying commencement of its controversial research into embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning ....
Australia’s tiny sex selection industry closes its doors
Australian IVF clinics will no longer be able help couples choose the sex of their baby after the Federal Government's Health Ethics Committee ruled that...
Amputation obsession not harmless
A Scottish surgeon who has amputated the limbs of healthy patients at their request is trying to get their psychological disorder formally recognised so that...
IN BRIEF: Nitschke; Nazi experiments; population
Nitschke: Australia's best-known euthanasia advocate, Dr Philip Nitschke, has just published a book, Killing Me Softly, with journalist Fiona Stewart. The publicity blurb says that...
The extraordinary saga of Terri Schiavo continues
The plight of brain-damaged Florida Terri Schiavo continues to shake America. In an extraordinary move, the US Congress was recalled from its Easter recess to...
Nose stem cells could be breakthrough
An Australian team on a shoestring budget claims that adult stem cells harvested from the nose can morph into every kind of cell in the...
Govt moves to stop stem cell free-for-all in India
Two government departments in India have agreed to draft common guidelines to monitor and control the mushrooming fields of stem cell medicine and research. A...
500 embryos disappear from Croatian clinic
Supporters of more liberal assisted reproduction legislation in Croatia are using the disappearance of 500 frozen embryos to press for reform. The embryos, which belonged...
Obesity could rescue American social security
The good news is that legions of fat Americans are going to rescue their crumbling social security system from collapse by dying as much as...