China to crack down on illegal transplants
China’s Ministry of Health will crack down on illegal human organ harvesting and transplants, a statement on the ministry’s website said last week. China’s Ministry...
New test reveals fetus’ sex as early as 7 weeks
A new, highly accurate, blood test can determine a baby’s sex as early as 7 weeks into the pregnancy.A new, highly accurate, blood test can...
Swiss hospital pioneers prenatal surgery
Doctors at Zurich University Children’s Hospital have performed surgery on fetuses still inside their mothers’ wombs. Doctors at Zurich University Children’s Hospital have performed surgery...
Tell kids early, says report on sperm donation
One of the many ideological battlegrounds in bioethics is whether children are harmed if they are the offspring of sperm donors. A well-publicised report last...
Scientists credited on ghostwritten research “should be charged with fraud”
Doctors and scientists who add their names to medical articles they have not written should be charged with professional misconduct and fraud, Canadian legal experts...
US surrogacy expert convicted of baby-selling
The American surrogacy industry has been battered by the news that a leading broker pleaded guilty to charges of baby selling. Theresa M. Erickson,...