“Parachute research” for drug companies hits ethical nerve
Drug companies and ethicists in the US are troubled by the ethical dilemmas of conducting clinical trials overseas. A report in the New York Times...
Sacked scientist campaigns for unbiases US science policy
A scientist sacked from the President's Council on Bioethics and a serving member of the Council have published a sharp critique of George Bush's science...
Menopause dogma could be a myth
Defying half a century of conventional wisdom, scientists have discovered that female mammals can produce new eggs after birth. Until now it had always been...
Save me from my doctors, says UK patient
A 44-year-old man with a degenerative brain condition has challenged official UK guidelines on withdrawing life-prolonging treatment. As a victim of cerebellar ataxia, Leslie Burke...
Watching the watchdog
The UK bodies which regulate nurses and doctors have been hauled before the High Court for excessive leniency in two recent cases. A new government...
IN BRIEF: Israeli surprise; Vatican appointment; Singapore sperm shortage; Australian IVF; stem cell
A scientist who tried to poison his wife and covered up his crime by lacing products on supermarket shelves with poison is teaching medical ethics...
Harvard scientists offer 17 stem cell lines for free
Exasperated with US restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, one of the leading experts in the field, Douglas Melton, of Harvard University, and his colleagues...
Harvard to sidestep Bush’s restrictions on stem cell research
Throwing its enormous financial clout and prestige behind embryonic stem cell research, Harvard University, one of the top US centres for biomedical research, has put...
Bitter bioethicists link hands with angry scientists
US celebrity bioethicist Arthur Caplan has orchestrated a biting open letter to President George Bush after he sacked two supporters of therapeutic cloning from his...
Ignore wishes of relatives of organ donors, says Abbott
Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott says that relatives should not be able to override a person's wish to donate organs. "So many potential organ donors...
More AIDS victims get transplants in US
American surgeons are becoming more willing to perform transplant operations for AIDS patients. The improving health and greater life expectancy of AIDS patients have meant...
Green light for human tests with pesticides in US
A US federal government panel says that companies and government agencies can test the toxicity of pesticides or other substances on human, and potentially even...