How, if at all, should genetic information be disclosed to doctors, patients, and even insurance companies? Should embryonic stem cell research be banned altogether? What laws should exist to protect the rights of people in developing countries when they become the subjects of Western research? Young scientists who have been formally trained in ethics are needed if these important questions are t...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX A new Wellcome Trust partnership with the governments of Australia and New Zealand is offering scientists from these countries, Southern Asia, and the Pacific the chance to collaborate to bring established research potential to countries that lack and need it. The newly created or reinforced collaborations will be dedicated to both building research capacity and improvin...
UK science ranks highly compared to the rest of the world in terms of papers and citations, yet according to the government's 2002 spending review, until recently Britons have had less in the way of patenting and spinout activity than some major European competitors. However, things are starting to change and this means more opportunities for young scientists to gain managerial and entrepreneursh...
Sit back and let a robot clean your house and an autopilot drive your car. Sound like science fiction? We could see it in the next few years, together with reliable human identification, better indexing of the World Wide Web, and interactive programming--and even brain chips and spinal implants, although these may take a little longer. They?re all potential spin-offs of biomimetic robotics, a fie...
