Lesbian couple share load of quad pregnancy
California women each have two children created from one set of eggs. Another dispatch from the frontiers of artificial reproductive technology. This time a lesbian...
Depressed woman takes Dr Nitschke’s advice
Depressed mother of four kills herself in Mexico with Nembutal A suicidal woman in the state of Western Australia with four young children found what...
Reprogramming forges ahead
Scientists use reprogrammed cells to create ALS stem cell line Developments with stem cells come so thick and fast nowadays that it's hard for journalists...
Stop at two to save the planet, say British doctors
But they’re opposed to coercionFamily doctors in Britain should rebuke women who want to have more than two children, according to a guest editorial in...
Puberty suppression ethical for children, says ethicicist
Unethical to defer treatmentSex change operations for adults relatively commonplace. But sex change for children and adolescents still sparks controversy. The treatment for gender identity...
Move to change California law to allow egg sales
Therapeutic cloning could collapse without it. Even though therapeutic cloning, which requires eggs to create embryos and human embryonic stem cells, appears to be fading...
Higher infant mortality rates not IVF’s fault, says Norwegian study
Probably related to underlying infertility It is well-known that IVF babies have higher mortality rates, are more likely to be premature, and have a small...
Using Darwinism to explain religion
Infectious disease is ultimate cause of religious diversity It was Richard Dawkins who concocted the notion of memes, ideas which propagate themselves like a virus...