Bush’s stem cell plan under pressure
More than 200 members of the US House of Representatives from both major parties have asked President George W. Bush to loosen restrictions on embryonic...
Stem cell research developments
Stem cells have been discovered in the heart which can become cardiac muscle cells, Japanese researchers report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. "Clinical application...
IN BRIEF: China’s age problem; Swiss transplant blunder
After decades of the one-child policy, China may become "the first major country to grow old before it grows rich", say US analysts for the...
Organ donation becomes easier for Australians
Australian doctors will no longer have to seek explicit approval from relatives of a person who has agreed to be an organ donor. The decision...
“Virgin birth” mouse rewrites textbook on reproduction
Scientists at the Tokyo University of Agriculture have created a mouse from two eggs without the involvement of sperm or other male cells. Their experiment...
Drug companies may have “suppressed” data about children’s anti-depressants
The use of anti-depressants for children is a "disaster", says the leading medical journal The Lancet. In an article in its latest issue, six psychiatrists...
Will doctors stand and fight or will they skedaddle?
Outbreaks of infectious diseases in the US and Canada could give the medical profession a chance to test its commitment to a value even more...
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Hollywood is once again mining the rich lode of cloning, this time with a paranormal horror-thriller. "Godsend" stars Robert De Niro as a suave, mysterious...
Selection of gender high on agenda of many American couples
Judging from a CBS News interview with Dr Jeffrey Steinberg, of Fertility Institutes in Los Angeles, there is a strong market for selecting the sex...
“Immoral” not to clone, says Dolly’s creator
Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientist responsible for creating the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, has applied for a licence to clone human embryos...
US Govt “aggressively” funding primate cloning
Although both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have abjured human cloning, the US Government is "aggressively" funding cloning experiments for non-human primates, claims the...
ODD SPOT: America’s most alternative family
The American state of Kentucky is the home of what may be America's most alternative family. Thomas Dysarz, a 32- year-old hairdresser, and his deputy-district-attorney-turned-...