California’s stem cell institute may close doors
There have been no miracle cures. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has announced that it can no longer accept grant applications. There is...
Cutting the Gordian knot
Surrogacy is where bioethics, President Trump’s war on “illegals”, US-China hostility, California weirdness, IVF profitability, and constitutional law all meet. Here’s the drill. Unlike many...
Daniel Callahan, bioethics pioneer, dies at 88
Bioethics pioneer Daniel Callahan, co-founder of The Hastings Center, has died aged 88. Bioethics pioneer Daniel Callahan -- co-founder of The Hastings Center -- has...
Solidarity with Vincent Lambert
Michel Houellebecq and Pope Francis are two names seldom found in the same sentence. Yet they are united in decrying the death of Vincent Lambert,...
Vincent Lambert died on Thursday at 8.24am
Doctors had removed his nutrition and hydration nine days before Vincent Lambert, the brain-damaged French man who was in a state of impaired consciousness for...
Is euthanasia the only way out if you can’t afford your medication?
A Belgian man with an orphan disease believes it is A Belgian man with a serious degenerative blood disease has told the media that he...
Global epidemic of doctor burnout must be confronted, says The Lancet
The problem is acute in low and middle-income countries There is a world-wide epidemic of physician burnout, according to an editorial in The Lancet. “The...
Three women, two babies, one IVF clinic running for cover
A Los Angeles clinic is being sued over a gigantic embryo mix-up Anni and Ashot Manukyan Now this is really complicated, so buckle up. It...
Animal rights advances in India
Two states declare the animals are persons Three of the great religions of India, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, all show a more overt respect for...
UK Parliament grills producers of reality TV series on cosmetic surgery
Channel 4 takes a serious look at a serious issue Britain’s Channel 4 specialises in reality TV. A controversial new series, scheduled to go to...
L’Affaire Vincent Lambert
L’Affaire Vincent Lambert, as the French call it, seems to be just about over. Doctors are going to remove hydration and nutrition from the 42-year-old nurse,...
Vincent Lambert to die
France’s highest court rules that doctors can remove hydration and nutrition Vincent Lambert, the 42-year-old nurse who became a quadriplegic in a “vegetative state” in...