COUNTDOWN TO FIRST WOMB TRANSPLANT
Despite unease amongst doctors and ethicists, a New York hospital is preparing to offer the first uterus transplant in the US. Dr Giuseppe Del Priore...
CATHOLIC HOSPITALS IN AUSTRALIA UNDER THE GUN
An expanding Catholic hospital system is colliding with the Australian abortion and IVF industries. The news that all 74 Catholic-run hospitals have been banned from...
SMOKERS TOLD TO BUTT OUT
Should smokers be refused elective surgery? The British Medical Journal features a vigorous debate on this burning issue. An Australian, , of Concord Repatriation Hospital,...
HOUSE OF REPS VOTES ON US STEM CELL POLICY
In a gesture of solidarity with supporters of embryonic stem cells, the US House of Representatives has passed a bill which is intended to overturn...
ANOTHER KOREAN STEM CELL EXPERT TRIPS UP
Another Korean has been found guilty of stem cell fraud -- but this time before his paper had been published. Jong-hyuk Park, a co- author...
DEATH TORMENT IN SWISS SUICIDE CLINIC
The Swiss suicide agency Dignitas may not always deliver on its promise of a painless death. A Zurich newspaper has reported that a 43-year-old German...
IN BRIEF: hybrid embryos; cosmetic surgery; liposuction
Hybrid embryos approved: The UK's fertility authority has given a green light to the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos. However, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology...
MORE COMPETITION FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
Yet another plastic, proliferating, pluripotent stem cell has been discovered, raising questions about the need for embryonic stem cells as cures for dread diseases. In...
“PILLOW ANGEL” AT CENTRE OF ETHICAL STORM
A profoundly retarded little girl and her loving parents are at the centre of a bioethical controversy this week. In October, doctors at Children's Hospital...
WE NEED HYBRID EMBRYOS, SAY UK SCIENTISTS
British stem cell scientists are fuming because their government will probably ban experiments with hybrid embryos which combine human and animal genetic material. They have...
ALI G RIPS INTO BIOETHICS
Confirmation that bioethics now has brand recognition comes with the mysterious appearance of several medical luminaries on Da Ali G Show, including the chairman of...
IS SUFFERING NECESSARILY LINKED TO EUTHANASIA?
Why should people have to be suffering to deserve voluntary euthanasia, asks a Finnish academic in the latest issue of the journal Bioethics. Jukka Varelius,...