Wombs for rent, even for singles and gay couples India has become a world centre for surrogate motherhood. Now the government proposes to legalise commercial...

Complications for stem cell therapy A complication from stem cell therapy has led to the death of a patient with kidney disease. The patient suffered...

Successful reimplantation of eye stem cells Patients who were blinded in one or both eyes by chemical burns were restored their sight after healthy stem...

Still not much progress for human health Reflections, both sanguine and sombre, on a decade of research after the decoding of the human genome continue...

If you’re not beautiful, forget it What follows is taken from a press release. It doesn’t require much editorial comment. www.BeautifulPeople.com, the dating site with...

Organisation advertises right to die A US group, the Final Exit Network (FEN), plans to put up billboards with the slogan “My Life, My Death,...

Controversial program goes ahead Despite criticism the University of California Berkeley is sticking to its plan to offer incoming freshmen and transfer students a genetic...

Will it be possible to communicate with patients in vegetative state? British researchers believe that they have found a way to communicate with people who...

Is it due to the collapse of palliative care? The number of Dutch euthanasia deaths in 2009 has risen by 13% over 2008 to 2,636....

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker and organ repossession Well, at 22% this is one of the lowest ranking films on Rotten Tomatoes, but Repo Men does...

Doctor defends bishop's decision A Catholic bishop in Phoenix, Arizona, has come under fire for excommunicating a nun who authorised an abortion in a Catholic...

Peter Singer still backs infanticide and euthanasia When controversy erupts, some people dive below the parapet and some people stand up and shoot back. Whatever...