Dissident MPs rattle UK government in debate over fertility law
MPs are calling for a conscience vote on controversial bill Updating Britain's fertility legislation could be one of the most political controversial events of the...
The ultimate incest?
MPs advocate artificial eggs and spermAs some British MPs fight to restrict scientists’ ability to tinker with human reproduction, others are battling to extend it....
Are brain dead patients really dead?
Dead donor rule under threat Doornails and dodos are certainly dead, either because they were never alive or because they stopped breathing in the 17th...
Indians could get half-price rail tickets if they donate relative’s organs
Minister steers country towards presumed consent system India will slowly move towards a presumed consent system like Spain’s, if Health Minister A. Ramadoss has his...
China to adopt ‘brain death’ standard
Could lower national medical billChinese transplant surgeons will soon be able to harvest organs from brain dead patients more easily. The Vice Minister of Health,...
Half of your happiness is genetic
Genes control half of the personality traits that make people happyMore news from the "it's all in your genes" approach to human behaviour. British and...
Surrogacy industry needs regulation, claims Indian broker
Exploitation always a concern India is becoming an economic superpower, supported in part by its huge outsourcing industry. One sliver of this is “reproductive outsourcing”,...