Black market organ trade uncovered in Japan
Strict regulations in Japan have failed to stop a black market trade in organs. This week police arrested 5 people over a kidney transplant organised...
Swedish town considers IVF discount to boost population
A municipality in the underpopulated northwest of Sweden will subsidise fertility treatment to attract new residents.municipality in the underpopulated northwest of Sweden will subsidise fertility...
Why the disabled fear assisted suicide: Dominic Lawson
Last week’s BBC broadcast of the suicide of 71-year-old Peter Smedley in Switzerland was a public relations triumph for campaigner Sir Terry Pratchett. “This has...
Dignitas: not a typical holiday get-away
About 160 Britons have died at Dignitas, about one in six of the clients of the Swiss suicide clinic in Zurich. What is it like?...
Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell innovation
Scientists have discovered a way to make chimeric animals that have organs belonging to another species by injecting stem cells into an embryo of the...