Hungary’s desperate bid to increase its population
Hi there! We're back on track after a long gap. 2020 promises to be a big year in bioethics, with more developments in CRISPR, the...
Ethical issues surrounding egg donation in genome editing
Women need adequate counselling Genome editing enables scientists to modify the DNA, the building blocks of life. Different technologies are used, including an innovative technique...
Hungary to offer free government IVF to reverse declining population
Hungary has taken a dramatic step to reverse its below-replacement birth rate: it has nationalised six IVF clinics and plans to offer citizens completely free...
Testicle transplant opens up new medical markets
Transgenders interested in new type of surgery A Serbian-US surgical team transplanted a testicle from an identical twin to a 36-year-old man born without testes...
Canada becomes world leader in organ donation after euthanasia
Although Canada was a late starter in legalising euthanasia (or Medical Aid in Dying) in 2016, more than a decade after Belgium and the Netherlands,...
Chinese scientist who modified human genome jailed for three years
Was he just unlucky? He Jiankui A Chinese researcher who modified the human genome and boasted about it at an international conference in Hong Kong...
Huge Australian genetic screening study launched
Couples to be tested for 700 diseases Rachael and Jonathan with their daughter Mackenzie, who died in 2017 from the severe genetic condition spinal muscular...
We know about wanted abortions. What about the unwanted ones?
We know what Michelle Williams thinks. What about other women? Past controversies over the Golden Globes have revolved around boycotts, or the sobriety of the...
London clinic claims first baby gestated in two wombs
New advance in ‘shared motherhood’ Donna and Jasmine Francis-Smith with their son Otis Unlike the sameness of natural conception, innovation in the IVF industry is...