Nip ‘n tuck no key to happiness
British cosmetic surgeons have warned that their services will not save a marriage or change an unhappy life. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons...
Biologists clone monkey embryos
An American team has successfully cloned monkey embryos for the first time. Although the resulting pregnancies only last a month, reproductive biologist Gerald Schatten of...
India promoting medical tourism
Indian doctors are profiting from globalisation by offering high-quality, low-cost medical treatment for foreigners in posh private hospitals. A recent study by the consulting group...
IN BRIEF: euthanasia, ethnic weapons, gay genes…
UK euthanasia: Two of the UK's royal medical colleges have dropped their opposition to a bill which would allow doctors to assist patients to commit...
UN debates cloning again
A year after debate in the United Nations' legal committee over an international ban on cloning ended in stalemate, the UN is again trying again...
Stem cells continue to fuel debate in US election
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry continued to boost stem cell research in the closing days of his campaign, painting his opponent as an enemy of...
MIT professor slams Harvard’s stem cell bid
An MIT biotechnologist has pleaded with Harvard University not to pursue plans to do therapeutic cloning. Associate Professor James Sherley wrote in the Boston Globe...
Colorado man finds kidney on web
In a radical break with accepted methods of organ donation, a Colorado executive has found a new kidney after linking up with a living American...
War or peace, ethics stay the same, says World Medical Assoc
The World Medical Association has announced that it will amend its policy on how doctors should behave in times of armed conflict to emphasis that...
Debating designer deafness
A small number of people in the deaf community would use prenatal genetic testing or pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to ensure that they have a deaf...
US stem cell experts study guidelines for chimaeric embryos
In the absence of a law governing stem cell research, the US National Academies are studying guidelines on the production of chimaeric embryos, which mix...
British boy cured with cells from “saviour sibling”
UK doctors say that a six-year-old boy has been cured of a rare blood disorder because of transplants from a baby brother who was created...