Alabama man lives in coma for 23 years
An Alabama man who has lived in a persistent vegetative state for 23 years recently turned 50. Doctors believe that he could survive to the...
Muslim scholars debate therapeutic cloning
Muslim states are being asked to allow therapeutic cloning and to maintain a ban on the reproductive cloning in a draft of the first international...
ODD SPOT: Grandmothers overturn age-old conceptions
It's a bit early to vote for headline of the year, but BioEdge would like to nominate "Great-grandmother admits she's not pregnant", which ran on...
IN BRIEF: Ukraine; stem cells; horizon scanning
Ukraine: Despite the turmoil surrounding its recent presidential elections, the parliament of the Ukraine found time in mid-December to ban reproductive cloning.
Better off dead than a burden, says Warnock
Britain's best-known bioethicist, Baroness Warnock, has suggested that the elderly should request euthanasia rather than linger on as a burden on their families. In an...
US researchers clone monkeys
Using a technique developed by the South Korean team which cloned the first human embryos, University of Pittsburgh scientists have cloned macaque monkeys. Although the...
Lisbon doctor gives hope to spinal cord victims
A British woman paralysed in a riding accident has regained some movement after stem cells from her nose were transplanted into her spine. The operation...
Chinese achieve “miracle cures” with aborted foetuses
Americans suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease are travelling to Beijing to seek treatment with nasal stem cells from aborted foetuses. Dr Huang Hongyun injects cells...
Nobel laureate criticised for spruiking health supplements
One of the 1998 winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine has been criticised for publishing a paper in a leading scientific journal without disclosing...
Israeli Knesset studying euthanasia bill
A bill authorising "passive euthanasia" is being studied by the Israeli Knesset. Neurologist Avraham Steinberg, who headed the interdisciplinary committee which studied the proposal, hopes...
Scrap fertility agency, says British IVF expert
Outspoken fertility expert Lord Robert Winston has called for the UK's fertility regulator to be scrapped. Upset by interference from the Human Embryology and Fertilisation...
Another alternative to embryonic stem cells?
Stem cells found in hair follicles could provide an ethically non-controversial alternative to embryonic stem cells, say researchers. Writing in the journal Developmental Dynamics, researchers...