A bigger whiteboard, please
I used to get headaches studying the genealogies of the royal houses of Europe. Just the House of Windsor, which stretches back only to George...
Does bioethics have a future?
Despite pugnacious assertions of right and wrong, permissible and impermissible, the future of bioethics (and perhaps bioethicists, as well) is often clouded by self-doubt. Few...
Adult stem cells create artificial windpipe
For the first time a working artificial windpipe using a patient’s own adult stem cells has been created. A 36-year-old Eritrean man had a rare...
BC government appeals sperm donor ruling
The British Columbia government is appealing a judicial ruling in May which abolished sperm donor anonymity. It was the first of its kind in the...
Germany legalises pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
The German parliament has legalised pre-implantation genetic diagnosis after a long debate over three competing proposals. The bill was passed on a conscience vote. PGD...
And the first prize is… IVF!
A British non-profit is touting a raffle whose prize is IVF treatment at one of London’s five best IVF clinics. To Hatch, a new charity...
Are Indian doctors turning girls into boys for parents who wanted a son?
If you are looking for lurid consequences of India’s worsening gender ratio, look no longer. Millions of girls are missing, aborted because of a deeply...