Transgender inquiry in Australia
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Australia launches inquiry into safety and ethics of transgender medicine
Clash of convictions A national inquiry into the safety and ethics of transgender medicine will be conducted by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with...
Fertility becomes a global money-spinner
The Economist analyses the market The fertility market is growing so fast that The Economist recently featured an article about investment opportunities. “By 2026 the...
‘Sperm sharing’ schemes in UK make IVF cheaper
Helps to solve sperm shortage, say clinics Some IVF clinics are resorting to “sperm sharing” arrangements to increase the supply of sperm and lower the...
Push in Germany for legalisation of surrogacy
Free Democrats release position paper on liberalising fertility treatment A German politician is pushing for a thorough-going revision of family law to allow altruistic surrogacy....
Should countries compete to have the most permissive stem cell regulations?
A bioethical Gresham’s Law Gresham’s Law is more familiar to economists than bioethicists. It states that “bad money drives out good”, that people will hoard...
Consent language can be too complicated for patients
High reading levels needed Research out of Columbia University has indicated that language used in patient consent forms is too difficult to understand. And if...
Human gene editing: should we think twice about producing designer babies?
AJOB explores the negative implications of altering the human genome.CRISPR gene editing technology is still in its early stages of development. Yet it is already...