PGD could cause long-term problems
PGD mice have poorer memories Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is offered by many IVF clinics to guarantee a healthy baby or a baby of the...
Foetuses can remember
Research by Dutch scientists Dutch scientists have discovered that 30-week foetuses have memories. A study in the July/August 2009 issue of the journal Child Development...
Adult stem cells quietly surging ahead
Embryonic stem cells said to be "gold standard", but hampered by fears of tumours Only a year ago, the stem cell wars were cemented into...
UK woman defies doctors to give birth to Siamese twins
Says babies are hers and are precious An English woman has defied advice from doctors and plans to give birth soon to conjoined (Siamese) twins....
Women prisoners shackled during birth in US prisons
Some could be violent, say prison officials There's always something new to be learned about life in American prisons. According to an indignant editorial in...
Egg trafficking in Romania
Israeli doctor arrested Romanian police have detained an Israeli gynaecologist, his son and a local employee on suspicion of trafficking women's eggs for their IVF...