I get a lot of scam emails, mostly from people in developing countries claiming a wealthy relative has just died leaving a huge legacy and promising me a cut if only I will provide my bank details. I don’t reply. But this week I’ve had […]
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The global burden of disease – let’s not forget the spiritual dimension
Yesterday saw the publication of a landmark, multicentre collaborative study on the global burden of disease. It suggests that while average life expectancies around the world have gone up – they have gone up more in the West than in the developing world, and worldwide they […]
Ethically derived stem cells offer more therapeutic promise – exciting new breakthroughs
Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University won the Nobel Prize in medicine this year for his pioneering work in producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from adult skin cells in mice. In so doing he laid the framework for an ethical alternative to using embryonic stem cells (which […]
Chile’s president says country’s respect for life mandated great efforts to save lives of Chilean miners
I see that 26 of the rescued Chilean miners have just been welcomed to Manchester United by football legend Bobby Charlton. Back in October my wife heard an astonishing interview about their rescue on Radio Five Live’s Drive programme. Reverend Alfredo Cooper, chaplain to Chile’s […]