The experience of Hurricane Katrina shows that American doctors need training if they are to cope effectively with future disasters, says a New Orleans oncologist....

After years of rumours, the Chinese government has finally acknowledged that it has been engaged in selling the organs of executed prisoners to medical tourists...

Fertility: A British doctor has developed a do-it-yourself fertility test so that women won't miss the last train to motherhood. Professor Bill Ledger, of Sheffield...

 Opponents of cloning human embryos are licking their wounds after last week's US election. Although the issue was just a straw in the gale which...

On December 15, a technology-driven advance directive for dying patients will come into effect in Israel. People will be able to record their wishes on...

 British scientists have applied to create human-animal hybrids in an effort to clarify a gap in existing legislation. Two teams of researchers say that they...

 For the first time, children raised in a Nazi program to breed blond, blue-eyed Aryans have met together as adults. Children from the Nazis' "Lebensborn",...

Maintaining its reputation for cutting-edge social reform, New York City is soon to allow people to alter the sex on their birth certificate without sex-change...

 Confusing signals are emerging from China about its draconian one- child policy. The hard-line position was supported by Zhang Wei- qing, minister in charge of...

HWANG: Disgraced South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk is suing Seoul National University to get his job back. He claims that he was unfairly...

AUSTRALIAN SENATE PASSES CLONING BILL   By a vote of 34 to 32, the upper house of the Australian parliament has opened the door to...