BioEdge

As California's Institute for Regenerative Medicine, created after a state referendum last year, gears up for therapeutic cloning, questions are being asked about where it...

The number of assisted suicides in the American state of Oregon fell to 37 in 2004 from the peak year of 2003, when 42 terminally...

Some readers have commented that when they finish their weekly fix of BioEdge they feel elated by the service but depressed by its contents. Our...

Embryonic stem cells: A US company has developed a process for cultivating ESCs which will make it possible to grow them without feeder cells and...

After an extended break, BioEdge is back on track. We are now operating out of Melbourne. We apologise for the interruption of service and look...

BioEdge will not be published during February. The next issue will be on March 8. We are moving our office to Melbourne. Our apologies for...

A year after the US pharmaceutical regulator liberalised restrictions on a growth hormone for short but healthy children, prescriptions have increased 38%. But the popular...

In the midst of a public debate over a bill which would allow assisted suicide, prominent Anglican clergymen in Britain are voicing their support for...

The governance of California's new US$3 billion institute for stem cell research, which was approved by voters last November, has come under attack for insufficient...

Some American physicians are using so-called embryonic stem cells to treat patients without proper scientific trials. A feature in the Sacramento Bee alleges that two...

The UK's fertility clinic regulator has launched a public consultation on what qualities are needed to become an IVF parent. The current guidelines require clinics...

An anonymous abortion provider has given an fascinating insight into her own misgivings about her job. Writing in Boston Magazine, the doctor says she does...