Silicon Valley philanthropists have become an important source of funding for blue sky biotechnology projects in recent years. The co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, gave...

Two leading UK stem cell scientists, Azim Surani, and Anne McLaren, have given top marks to the Japanese discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed...

 A New Orleans ear, nose and throat specialist accused, along with two nurses, of four mercy killings in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, has...

It's time for a debate about the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia, says the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano. He was responding to an open letter...

 How far can the profession of bioethics take you? Possibly into outer space, it seems. NASA has recently engaged its first chief bioethicist, Paul Root...

Australian bioethicist Peter Singer has a reputation of supporting nearly any form of technological progress, no matter how much it may conflict with traditional ethical...

NEJM & STEM CELLS: the New England Journal of Medicine has again expressed its strong support for therapeutic cloning. The deputy editor of the prestigious...

 In the wake of the discovery (reported in ) that a brain-damaged woman in the UK in a persistent vegetative state was responding to stimuli,...

 Nearly 20% of Americans would like to have cosmetic surgery, according to a survey released by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. Although only about...

 A powerful voice in the Australian government has called for the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia. Although Federal Parliament quashed a euthanasia law in the Northern...

 The editor of the prestigious journal Science has denounced terrorist" tactics used by some animal rights organisations to intimidate scientists. Editor Donald Kennedy highlighted the...