New kids on the block: geeky, wealthy, entrepreneurial pro-natalism activists
This month, the 8 billionth child entered the world. Demographers believe that the world’s population is moving towards 10 billion. But at some point, the...
UK judge refuses request for posthumous sperm retrieval
With few laws regulating it, judges often grant permission to grieving partners or parents to retrieve sperm from young men who have died unexpectedly. But...
New world record for the longest frozen embryo – 30 years
Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway were conceived in April 1992 and were born in October 2022 in Portland, Oregon. They hold the record as the world’s...
New study revives fears of ‘spermageddon’
Sperm counts around the world appear to have halved between 1973 and 2018. According to a study in the journal Human Reproduction Update, a team...
Is the UK poaching nurses from poor countries to fill shortages?
The United Kingdom is poaching nurses from poorer countries which have nursing shortages of their own, according to a blistering expose by Open Democracy. The...
Teaching the brains of paralysed people to communicate
One of the most terrifying accidents imaginable is to become paralysed and to be unable to speak. Fortunately, scientists are gradually learning how to interpret...
Indian IVF and surrogacy clinics rush to register
India is attempting to regulate its chaotic IVF sector. The milestone Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 set down that reproductive services like IVF, surrogacy,...