The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland has turned to internet site YouTube in the latest step of his battle against "Frankenstein" embryo research.
In the News
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April 15th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
We were interested by Roger Highfield's article "Hybrids: separating hope from the hype" (Features, April 8), describing how the vast majority of people have been misled by frequent assertions that the inter-species embryos announced last week are "99.9 per cent human".
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April 15th, 2008
Human sperm and eggs will be grown from stem cells within five to fifteen years but the technology will not allow gay and lesbian couples to conceive children with genes from each partner, an international panel of scientists predicted yesterday.
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April 14th, 2008
An American company has warned that unscrupulous scientists could be harnessing a new way of cloning human cells to create "designer" babies.
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April 14th, 2008
Social workers were accused yesterday of "political correctness gone mad" after it was revealed that councils and agencies will not let foster parents smack children but don't object if they have a criminal record.
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April 14th, 2008
Biomedicine makes us live longer... but makes us scared of difference, says Max Pemberton
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April 14th, 2008
It's not illegal, yet smacking is a hotly debated issue - even 'The Archers' has tackled it. But for one couple their beliefs mean they cannot foster a child, writes Olga Craig
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April 14th, 2008
Deaf couples could be allowed to use embryo-screening technology and choose to have a deaf child, after a climb-down by the Government in the face of campaigning.
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April 13th, 2008
There's a crisis on our streets, especially in London, and it has nothing to do with the cost of housing. As the blame game is played out between ministers and bankers over why mortgages are suddenly much more expensive, the price of life in parts of Britain's inner cities has hit rock bottom.
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April 12th, 2008
We have an uncritical and reverent attitude to scientific opinion