Bioethics & Health News
December 15

December 15, 2005

Doctor: Cloning Pioneer Withdrawing Paper

A doctor who provided human eggs for research by cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-suk said in a broadcast Thursday that the South Korean scientist agreed to withdraw a key research paper because most of the stem cells produced for the article were faked.
(AP)

Adult Stem Cells ‘Fusion Hope’

Scientists believe adult stem cells may be more flexible than first thought.
(BBC)

A Push for a Federal Focus on Men’s Health

Frank Greenhalgh admits he had a problem. “I’m 68 years old and in pretty good health now, but I abused my health a lot in the past as far as overeating and drinking too much,” he says. “At 50, though, I would never have gone to see a doctor.”
(MSNBC)

The Face of the Future

AS she waited for her pedicure at Just Calm Down, a day spa in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, Vicki Murray, a 30-year-old homemaker, found herself engaged in heated debate about extreme plastic surgery.
(New York Times)

Vaccinating Bone Marrow Donor Helps Protect Recipient

Giving a pre-transplant vaccine to bone marrow donors could help safeguard bone marrow transplant recipients from deadly pneumonia, say researchers at City of Hope Cancer Center in California.
(HealthDay)

China Reports Sixth Human Case of Bird Flu

China on Thursday reported its sixth human case of bird flu and a new outbreak in a flock of ducks.
(AP)