Synthetic biology could lead to disaster, says Oxford bioethicist
Synthetic biology offers the prospect of annihilating life as we know it, says Julian Savulescu Julian Savulescu, of Oxford's Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, has...
Scepticism about California’s stem cell institute persists
The dispute over 2004's Proposition 71, for setting up California's US$3 billion stem cell research institute, has surfaced again in the local media. Los Angeles...
German doctors vote against commercial suicide
Hi there, Earlier this month the German Medical Association apologized for human rights violations by Nazi doctors and asked for forgiveness from victims and their...
Why wait for death to remove kidneys from brain-damaged patients?
In the latest issue of the American Journal of Bioethics, Paul E. Morrissey, of Brown University, in Rhode Island, suggests that both kidneys could be...
Oh no! Not again! Not another Korean stem cell fraud!
Korean scientists will need more than a stiff drink to recover their joie de vivre after another stem cell researcher at Seoul National University has...
Crippled rats walk again with help of electrical stimulation therapy
Swiss scientists believe that a combination of electrical impulses and drugs could help some spinal trauma victims walk again. Crippling spinal cord injury has been...
Spanish doctor ordered to pay child support after failed abortion
A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay child support after a failed abortion. A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay child support after...
Organ trading, donation make headlines
A worldwide illegal trade in kidneys is sharply expanding, according to the World Health Organisation. A worldwide illegal trade in kidneys is sharply expanding, according...
UK doctors could face bans for refusing to give contraceptives to unmarried women
Doctors in the UK could be banned for refusing to give unmarried women contraceptives or carry out sex change operations under new guidelines. Doctors in...
Surrogacy a US$2.3 billion industry in India, with 1,000 clinics
An investigation by the London Sunday Telegraph has finally begun to give an idea of the scale of the surrogacy industry in India. According to...
Head of GPs in UK takes stand against assisted dying
The president of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK, Iona Heath, has taken a strong stand against the legalisation of assisted suicide....
Palme d’Or goes to euthanasia film
Another meditation upon compassionate euthanasia is making headlines among film buffs. “Amour”, by the Austrian director Michael Haneke, won the Palme D’Or at Cannes this...