Polls on assisted-suicide vary dramatically with question
An American survey of surveys about doctor-assisted suicide shows that people's answers shift with the wording of the pollsters' questions -- "one of the chief...
Baby born from 21-year-old sperm
A UK man fathered a IVF child with sperm frozen 21 years ago before he had surgery for testicular cancer. Doctors at St Mary's Hospital...
Clinics face crisis over sperm donation figures
The UK faces a sperm donor shortage and new recruitment strategies are urgently required, says a leading IVF clinic. Doctors at the Newcastle Fertility Clinic...
US stem cell scientists bemoan lost opportunities
As other countries develop embryonic stem lines, US stem cell researchers are being forced to sit on the sidelines, lamenting the loss of their competitive...
Italian bioethics chief gives UK philosophical raspberry
The UK's new bank for embryonic stem cells represents the triumph of money over ethics, says the president of Italian National Committee of Bioethics, Dr...
Lithuanian “charlatans” spruik embryonic stem cells cures
Two Lithuanian MPs have accused their Minister for Health of allowing shady companies to treat sick children with injections of embryonic stem cells -- even...
Let’s both be beautiful, say British couples
Couples are encouraging each other to have cosmetic surgery to improve their looks, say British cosmetic surgeons, as demand for their services continues to rise....
Were Korean egg donors public-spirited or press-ganged?
More controversy is swirling around the Korean scientist who announced in February that he had successfully cloned human embryos and created a stem cell line....
Living wills don’t work, says study
Living wills offer a false promise of control over end-of-life treatment, claims a study in the bioethics journal Hastings Center Report. Researchers at the University...
Conjoined twins have “well-adjusted, rich lives”
Conjoined twins can have such "well-adjusted, rich lives, made possible by the development of cooperation strategies" that we can all learn from them, suggests a...
Chicago IVF clinic creates five “saviour siblings”
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of 199 eight-celled embryos has resulted in the birth of five saviour siblings, an IVF clinic in Chicago has announced. Writing in...
US exporting contraception to Afghanistan
Part of the US plan for rebuilding Afghanistan is the introduction of contraceptive products developed and marketed specifically for Afghans. With the slogan "Be a...