Single cell could yield foetal diagnosis
An Australian scientist working for a US pathology giant is developing single-cell fingerprinting in a new laboratory in Brisbane. The work of Associate Professor Jock...
Two more British suicide tourists die in Zurich
The Swiss suicide clinic Dignitas has helped a mentally ill British couple to die in its Zurich clinic. Robert Stokes, 59, and his wife Jennifer...
Scottish bioethics council calls for embryo research moratorium
The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics has called for a moratorium on all research on human embryos in the UK because laws regulating the field...
Australian euthanasia activist promotes suicide pill in US
Australian assisted suicide activist Dr Philip Nitschke is spruiking his "peaceful pill" in the US while he attends the launch of a documentary about his...
UK’s first legal human clones on the way
Amidst bitter controversy, the UK's fertility medicine watchdog is preparing to approve the nation's first human clones. A Serbian scientist at Newcastle University who left...
Steep fee rises mooted for embryo research in UK
The fee for a government licence to conduct research on embryos in the UK could soar from ?200 to ?6,000 because of Treasury cost-recovery rules....
Arab states may ban both types of cloning
Legal experts from the Arab League have hammered out a consensus on cloning which would lead to laws banning both reproductive and research cloning. At...
Democrats’ presidential hopeful backs embryo stem cell research
Senator John Kerry, the Democrats' all-but-endorsed candidate for president, says that he would overturn George W. Bush's ban on expanding federal funding for research on...
Before the Holocaust, some Israeli doctors supported eugenics
Research by an Israeli PhD student has exposed the eugenic plans of a number of Jewish doctors and Zionist thinkers before World War II. According...
It’s payback time for lawyers, says US doctor
A doctor fed up with medical liability cases created a public relations nightmare for his colleagues in the American Medical Association when he proposed that...
Animal stem cell tests could lead to bonanza
Tests for liver damage using animal stem cells from animals could be worth "several hundred million pounds", says a Scottish biotech company. CXR Biosciences, of...