Although nearly everyone in favour of therapeutic cloning swears that reproductive cloning is unethical and unsafe, very few are able to explain exactly why it...

As the economy becomes more competitive and personal income rises, more and more Chinese are taking up cosmetic surgery. In a marked change from the...

A Spanish stem cell researcher has come under fire for developing human embryonic stem cells without proper consent from patients. Carlos Sim?n, of the Valencian...

Seoul National University is due to release the results of its investigation into the Hwang Woo-suk stem cell debacle today. At the moment, all of...

The audacious fraud has raised questions about government involvement in research, the celebrity status of scientists, the viability and regulation of human embryonic stem cell...

In an interview in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal, Dr Leon Kass, the former chairman of President Bush's Council on Bioethics, expressed...

After a new law banning the use of phones, faxes, email or internet to give instructions about how to commit suicide, euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip...

It may be possible to grow replacement breast tissue from breast stem cells, say researchers from Vancouver and Melbourne in an article in Nature. The...

As more and more people are diagnosed with dementia in ageing populations, the need for research has become acute. But how can demented people give...

The US government is studying whether to relax its restrictions on the participation of prisoners in medical research. Under the existing rules, prisoners may only...

Euthanasia poll: A survey by the Pew Research Centre has found that Americans are split almost evenly on legalising doctor-assisted suicide: 46% approve and 45%...

 News from Korea about the work of disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk becomes more confusing by the day. Only one thing is constant: today's...