The yolk’s on me
I must confess that one of the most difficult things about editing BioEdge is that it is difficult to compose punny headlines. Any editor worth...
UK health service may harvest organs from babies with lethal defects
Controversial proposal could same lives, say doctors The UK’s National Health Service is to encourage pregnant women whose children have a fatal birth defect to...
More bracket creep in Belgian euthanasia
Proposals in parliament to restrict conscientious objection Three bills which could significantly expand the scope of euthanasia in Belgium have been proposed by Laurette Onkelinx,...
Controversial report to support legalisation of surrogacy in Europe
Could fact stiff opposition With a range of inconsistent statutes amongst member states, surrogacy is becoming a political football in Europe. Accusations of conflict of...
Sharapova’s stumble revives doping debate
She broke the rules, but do the rules make sense? Maria Sharapova in the quarter-final of the Australian Open Top-ranked Russian tennis pro Maria...
Panel on infant lives meets in Washington
The US Senate Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives met for the first time last week. Professor G. Kevin Donovan of Georgetown University testifying before...
First US womb transplant fails
The first womb transplant to take place in the US has failed – under dramatic circumstances. The first womb transplant to take place in the...
Smoking – licence it or tax it?
In academic discourse the merits of regulating smoking are a forgone conclusion. The question under debate now is how to regulate. In academic discourse the...
David Bowie and palliative care
A British doctor has mixed Bowie nostalgia with a reflection on the importance of palliative care. David Bowie’s impact on British society and culture was...