RISE OF IVF MEGA-BUSINESSES CRITICISED BY EXPERT
An Australian IVF expert has joined the doyen of British fertility studies in criticising the increasing commercialisation of his industry. According to Professor Robert Norman,...
THUMBS UP FOR HUMAN-ANIMAL EMBRYOS IN UK
The British fertility watchdog has approved the creation of human- animal embryos. After having lobbied long and hard for permission, stem cell scientists were relieved....
BOTCHED ABORTION OF DOWN CHILD SPARKS DEBATE IN ITALY
The tragic case of a botched selective termination has thrown more petrol on to the smouldering abortion debate in Italy. A 38-year-old woman who was...
RUSSIAN PSYCHIATRISTS REVERT TO BAD HABITS
Russian psychiatrists are falling back into bad habits of the Soviet era by drugging and hospitalising critics of the government -- or even of mental...
US PSYCHIATRISTS AN IRRELIGIOUS LOT
A nationwide survey has found that the least religious of all medical specialties in the US is psychiatry. "Something about psychiatry, perhaps its historical ties...
PARENTHOOD 2.0
It's time to abandon out-moded notions which restrict parenthood to biological mothers and fathers, argue two Australian researchers in a forthcoming issue of the international...
KITCHEN EUTHANASIA
At an age when most old people are content to potter about their kitchen and make cups of tea, a group of Australian seniors are...
ILLINOIS JUMPS ON STEM CELL BANDWAGON
The state of Illinois has passed a law allowing human embryonic stem cell research, but banning human cloning. "Stem cell research has limitless potential to...
SHUFFLING OFF THE MORTAL COIL
Occasionally an amateur ethicist like the editor of BioEdge discovers an article so cogent and consistent that it sheds more light than shelves of textbooks....