Quick fix stem cell therapies? Fagedaboutit!
British researchers pour cold water on stem cell research British researchers from the Institute for Science and Society at the University of Nottingham, have questioned...
Free will, according to Nature
Free will, according to Nature When the topic of free will appears in Nature, it is normally being tossed unceremoniously in the rubbish bin. There...
Will Obama get the wobblies on science?
Science lists 5 areas of concern The National Academy of Sciences gave President Obama a standing ovation and punctuated his science policy speech with fervent...
Chinese tighten stem cell regulation
But will they be enforced? The Chinese Ministry of Health is tightening up regulation of stem cell cures. People are coming from all over the...
Angels and Demons a bioethical disappointment
No juicy details At BioEdge we like to be RELEVANT, so we were tempted by the latest Hollywood blockbuster, Angels and Demons. As you probably...
Pressure builds for UK euthanasia
Dutch expert on slow euthanasia pays visit Pressure is building in Britain for the legalisation of assisted suicide. The Government's official “voice of older people”...
Breast removal approved for girl who want to be boy
Court says not very difficult issue, really A 17-year-old girl will have her breasts removed so that she can resemble a boy, an Australian court...
Sex selection OK in Sweden
Gender-based abortion not illegal Swedish health authorities have ruled that gender-based abortion is not illegal. Earlier in the year it was reported that a woman...
UK fertility watchdog “not fit for purpose”
HFEA needs thorough reform, says academic An expert in patient safety has delivered a blistering attack on the UK’s fertility watchdog after embryo mix-ups in...
Startling analysis of Belgian euthanasia
Widespread, often involuntary and often illegal A review of legal euthanasia in Belgium suggests that it is widespread, often involuntary and often illegal. In an...
The other banking crisis
Sperm supplies in UK drying up British sperm banks are so down on their uppers that the Progress Educational Trust has organised an evening debate...
Another face transplant success
Woman appears at press conference Connie Culp showed off her new face this week, five years after her husband blew her old one away with...