THE RISE AND FALL OF A STEM CELL ETHICAL FIX
History or hype? This was the question swirling about the widely publicised announcement by a Massachusetts company that it had mastered a technique for creating...
ISRAELI WOMEN USING SEX SELECTION
Some Israeli women are taking advantage of liberal abortion laws to sex-select their babies. An article in the latest issue of the Israel Medical Association...
UK WOMAN “ADDICTED” TO SURROGACY
If you are seeking bioethics at the coalface, London's Daily Mail is the newspaper for you. Its in-depth interviews with colourful personalities whose lives have...
ANOTHER US BODY PARTS SCANDAL
Earlier this month the US Food and Drug Administration shut down a North Carolina company which supplied body parts to medical schools and tissue banks...
ENGINEERING VIRTUE COULD BE NEXT STEP
Futuristic and wacky they may be, but transhumanists are beginning to show up on the radar of bioethical discussion. One of the latest transhumanist visions...
IN BRIEF: sperm donation, animal rights
Sperm donation: The UK has effectively banned the sale of fresh sperm over the internet. All samples gathered by on-line providers must be frozen and...