Ethical quicksand surrounds therapies for spinal cord injury
Although stem cells show great promise for repairing spinal cord injuries, there are so many practical obstacles to be overcome that clinical experiments with humans...
New penalties for Dutch euthanasia doctors who bend rules
The Dutch health minister wants to introduce penalties for doctors who disregard "procedural" guidelines when they administer euthanasia. Cl?mence Ross is responding to evidence that...
Health crisis follows staffing crisis as African nurses emigrate
African governments are subsidising health systems in the UK, the US and other developed countries because many of their nurses are migrating for better pay...
US doctors shunning O&G
Young American doctors are turning away from obstetrics and gynaecology. Since 1996, the number of graduates of US medical schools who enter O&G courses has...
Authors failing to disclose competing interests
Despite strict disclosure policies, some authors writing for highly respected medical journals still keep their financial interests to themselves, according to a report by the...
Adult stem cells can flourish without fusion
One of the objections to the promise of adult stem cells is that they do not actually transform themselves into heart, brain, blood or liver...
ODD SPOT: Neo-Nazi sets up Aryan baby farm
A German neo-Nazi has used an English shelf company to set up a racially-pure Aryan baby farm in a quiet commuter suburb near Bremen. The...
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Ethics as Our Guide(letter) by Michael Cook, PLoS Biology, June 2004 Blackburn and Rowley's (2004) criticism of a report on embryonic stem cell research from...
The Lancet launches embryo stem cell campaign
One of the world's leading medical journals, The Lancet, has launched a campaign for human embryonic stem cell research as the UN approaches a debate...
New promise for adult stem cell research
Two articles in the current issue of The Lancet highlight possible therapeutic uses of adult stem cells. In a German study, adult stem cells derived...
British doctors debate ethics at annual meeting
The annual meeting of the British Medical Association defeated a motion that policy statements on controversial issues should be decided at the annual meeting rather...
Bush under pressure from scientists
More than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel laureates and 127 members of the National Academy of Sciences have signed a letter accusing the Bush administration...