Detecting hidden consciousness in vegetative state patients
Some patients previously thought to be unconscious are in fact aware of themselves and their surroundings, according to Dr Adrian Owen of the University of...
Pioneering UK stem cell trial passes safety test
A pioneering clinical trial to inject foetal stem cells into the brains of patients disabled by stroke has been approved to progress to the next...
Should sperm donors be anonymous?
The rights of sperm donors to anonymity are being reviewed in Australia.The rights of sperm donors to anonymity are being reviewed in Australia. Laws that...
Sperm donor has 150 sons and daughters
Cynthia Daily and her partner used donated sperm to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day their son would meet...
Egg freezing now viable option, says British expert
Egg freezing has become a viable option for younger women who want to delay having children, says IVF specialist Gillian Lockwood in the journal Reproductive...
The future of memory-altering drugs
Give memory-altering drugs a chance, argues the editor of the well-regarded Neuroethics & Law blog. Adam Kolber, of Brooklyn Law School, writes in Nature that...
Are desperate Somalis selling their organs?
Allegations of organ trafficking to crop up regularly wherever civilians are caught up in wars. Kosovo’s prime minister stands accused of involvement in trafficking organs...
Meta-analysis challenges abortion policies
The media seems to have ignored a significant study on the effects of abortion which has appeared in latest issue of the British Journal of...
Anthony Trollope and euthanasia
Apart from admiring his prodigious work ethic, I have never really warmed to Anthony Trollope, although his numerous, long and absorbing novels are enjoying a...
A scalpel for the soul
In some countries, there are doctors who doubt whether elective cosmetic surgery is really medicine at all, since it doesn’t heal anything. But not in...
UK dementia expert backs assisted suicide
The UK should legalise assisted suicide according to a leading government adviser on dementia and care for the elderly. Martin Green, the chief executive of...
Ezechiel Emanuel moves to University of Pennsylvania
A bioethicist working in the White House who took much of the heat over “Obamacare death panels”, Ezechiel Emanuel, is moving to the University of...