“Virgin birth” mouse rewrites textbook on reproduction
Scientists at the Tokyo University of Agriculture have created a mouse from two eggs without the involvement of sperm or other male cells. Their experiment...
Drug companies may have “suppressed” data about children’s anti-depressants
The use of anti-depressants for children is a "disaster", says the leading medical journal The Lancet. In an article in its latest issue, six psychiatrists...
Will doctors stand and fight or will they skedaddle?
Outbreaks of infectious diseases in the US and Canada could give the medical profession a chance to test its commitment to a value even more...
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Hollywood is once again mining the rich lode of cloning, this time with a paranormal horror-thriller. "Godsend" stars Robert De Niro as a suave, mysterious...
Selection of gender high on agenda of many American couples
Judging from a CBS News interview with Dr Jeffrey Steinberg, of Fertility Institutes in Los Angeles, there is a strong market for selecting the sex...
“Immoral” not to clone, says Dolly’s creator
Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist responsible for creating the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, has applied for a licence to clone human embryos...
US Govt “aggressively” funding primate cloning
Although both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have abjured human cloning, the US Government is "aggressively" funding cloning experiments for non-human primates, claims the...
ODD SPOT: America’s most alternative family
The American state of Kentucky is the home of what may be America's most alternative family. Thomas Dysarz, a 32- year-old hairdresser, and his deputy-district-attorney-turned-...
The Australian Government has granted its first licenses for research on embryos to two IVF clinics.
The Australian Government has granted its first licenses for research on embryos to two IVF clinics. Sydney IVF and Melbourne IVF have been given a...
Long road ahead for adult stem cell research
Two steps forward, one step backwards seems to be the theme of adult stem cell research. As part of the forward march, researchers announced this...
50 years on, Puerto Rico remembers the pill
The 50th anniversary of the first trials of the contraceptive pill this year is shining a new light on the low ethical standards of their...
Genetic sleuths forging bioethics guidelines
The new field of bio-history needs a code of ethics, says a Chicago group of scientists, historians and lawyers in the journal Science. Biohistory involves...