Bioethics

Letters to the Editor, May 5, 2013

5 May 2013

I read with interest what Zhang Dejiang, No 3 on the Communist Party's seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, said to the Business and Professionals Alliance delegation in Beijing on April 27....

2:51AM

Scientists say reviving extinct species is possible, but question its ethics

28 Apr 2013

Woolly mammoths stomp through the Siberian tundra as the giant moa strides the forest floor of New Zealand and Tasmania's dog-like "tigers" stalk their prey under the cover of night.

4:58AM

Project 119 addsup, or does it?

31 Jul 2012

Remember Project 119, the magic number of achievable medal wins calculated by China's science-minded sports chiefs as they prepared for the country's moment in the Olympic sun in 2008?

10:42PM

Twist of faith

22 May 2012

When the University of Hong Kong released the results of a study into the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating depression recently, it wasn't the fact that 19.4 per cent of patients reported...

3:28PM

Animal rights and wrongs

9 Mar 2010

Pamela Barton visited the Chek Lap Kok airport site in 1997 expecting to round up stray dogs reported to be roaming the area. She found more than she bargained for.

6:37AM

Sleeping beauty

19 Oct 2009

A range of natural and non-invasive copper-infused products known as Bedtox could offer another chance for those who have grown disenchanted with the usual selection of anti-ageing or skin-...

9:12PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

4 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

5 comments

4:27AM

Guilty by association

Shaoxing's serene waterfront offers a fine view of the Qiantang River and outwards to sea.

1:52AM

Should parents be able to have designer babies?

Each week our two teenagers debate a hot topic. This week ...

Dennis Wu, 17, St Joseph's College

Should parents be allowed to genetically modify their babies?

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9:26PM

All doctors must follow rules on drug use, minister warns

Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok has urged doctors to comply with the Code of Practice in prescribing drugs after slimming pills containing a dangerous drug were found in a doctor'...

4:22PM

Doctor tracks down the drug cheats in sport

When did you offer to join the anti-doping programme?

I first read about doping in 1988 when Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100-metre Olympic gold medal for using anabolic steroids...

10:37AM

Anti-doping drive to go on past 2008

China will extend its recently announced five-month anti-doping sweep into next year's Olympics Games and beyond, a top official said.

10:24AM

On the hunt for dopers like never before

Against Beijing's upwardly mobile skyline, the newly finished three-storey building sitting 2km to the south of the awe-inspiring 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium doesn't inspire much imagination...

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