Australia to ponder sex selection
NHMRC has called for public comment on new guidelines for IVF clinics Sex selection is on the agenda in Australia. The National Health and Medical...
Children contest will of Nitschke follower
Disinherited in favour of euthanasia activistThe late William Kent (Bill) O’Brien A healthy 89-year-old Australian man has committed suicide under the inspiration of Philip...
Scepticism greets new stem-cell regulations in China
Government hopes to crack down on rogue clinics. China has issued new laws to regulate stem cell research, hoping to crack down on rogue clinic...
Bioethics on US campaign trail
Abortion and Down syndrome are on the agenda for presidential hopefuls. More bioethics in the US presidential campaign. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has compared Republican...
The risks of freezing
The treasurer of a peak international fertility body has warned women not to rely on egg freezing to have children. The treasurer of a peak...
Scores of depressed patients euthanised in Belgium
A new study claims that vague terminology in Belgium’s assisted dying guidelines is allowing for scores of psychiatric patients to be euthanised. A new study...
He’s got the brains, but…
Scientists from the Ohio State University claim they have managed to produce an embryonic human brain in their labs. Scientists from the Ohio State University...
Trust in the system
The latest edition of the American Journal of Bioethics features a fascinating serious of articles on doctor-patient trust and Shared Decision Making (SDM). The latest...
New book chronicles history of British bioethics
First in-depth study of how bioethicists shaped policyWhile contemporary bioethics took shape in the United States, parallel developments in Britain have been extremely important in...