Is GLBT reproduction one step closer?
Complicated study with iPS cells in mice “Look, Dad – no Mum!” was the headline in one of Nature’s blogs. Reproductive scientists in a Texas...
Paralyzed monkeys walk with iPS cells, say Japanese scientists
Step closer to success with humans The latest good news on the stem cell front involves induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. A team of Japanese...
British couple flouts surrogacy law, and keeps baby too
Judge believes rules on payments are “unclear” A senior family court judge permitted a British couple to keep their newborn child despite their technically breaking...
In search of a gene for naïveté
Scientists claim to have discovered a gene for infidelity The blog Biopolitical Times has an intriguing occasional feature called “gene of the week” – announcements...
At least it’s better than prostitution
Surrogacy in India The Confederation of Indian Industry has predicted that surrogacy will be a gigantic US$2.3 billion industry by 2012. This is becoming an...
WikiLeaks shows US chasing foreign leaders’ DNA
WikiLeaks publishes tens of thousands of diplomatic cables As improbable as it sounds, there is a bioethics angle to the WikiLeaks saga. The website has...
Panel to probe death of liver donor
Liver donor and recipient both deadIn liver donation, it is a tragedy for the recipient to die post-transplantation - but the worst case scenario has...