Bioethics & Health News
January 4

January 4, 2006

Op-ed: The End of Stem Cell Research? Hardly

So now the truth is out — South Korean veterinarian Hwang Woo-suk is a liar. The researcher who told the world in print, at lectures delivered all over the world and at endless press conferences that he had done what no other scientist had been able to do — clone human embryos from cells taken from many different people and produce embryonic stem cell lines from each cloned embryo — made it all up.
(MSNBC)

Male Fertility Kit Foes on Sale

The world’s first over-the-counter home fertility test for men has been developed by scientists at Birmingham University.
(BBC)

Rhode Island Legalizes Medical Marijuana

Rhode Island on Tuesday became the 11th state to legalize medical marijuana and the first since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that patients who use the drug can still be prosecuted under federal law.
(AP)

U.S. Not Told of 2 Deaths During Study of Heart Drug

The Scios unit of Johnson & Johnson yesterday added to the questions already clouding its heart failure medication Natrecor, saying the company had failed to tell federal regulators about the deaths of two patients in a clinical trial of the drug.
(New York Times)

Reaction to New Medicare Drug Plan Mixed

Some patients using Medicare’s new drug benefit reported difficulties Tuesday in filling prescriptions, though the government and some large pharmacies and nursing homes said the program was off to a good start.
(MSNBC)

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