Even more about Modern Families
Nick Loeb tries a new approach to unfreeze embryos. In the latest skirmish between Nick Loeb, millionaire businessman, actor, and politician and his former partner...
Expanding our coverage
Next year will mark the 15th year of the publication of BioEdge. We'd like to expand our coverage of the news and add more interviews...
Swiss to vote on embryo regulation in June
If the constitution is altered, it will be possible to perform PGD. Switzerland will hold a constitutional referendum on June 14 to decide whether to...
Leading stem cell surgeon accused of ‘scientific misconduct’
Italian celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini created artificial windpipes with cadaver-derived scaffolding and stem cells In happier days Italian celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who created...
Woman at centre of Indian euthanasia debate dies
Aruna Shanbaug A woman at the centre of a debate over euthanasia in India has died after 42 years in a minimally conscious state....
Canadian bioethicist questions value of Down syndrome detection
Questions about “a ‘corporate arms race’ to develop prenatal tests for Down syndrome Do we really need ever-more accurate tests to detect Down syndrome in...
Stem cell clinics are the ‘Wild West’ of medicine, say critics
Regulators in the United States and Australia are examining the burgeoning field of stem cell therapies. Regulators in the United States and Australia are examining...
US women go into debt for IVF
IVF could be cause of financial distress for some couples. About 70% American women who resort to IVF to have a child go into debt....
Rohingyas battle population control
Myanmar finds a way to deal with its Muslim minority. Somewhere between 6,000 and 20,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are drifting in the Andaman Sea...
Surrogacy in Nepal
Israeli medic cradling baby of surrogate mother Same-sex marriage doesn’t really fall into the bioethics basket. However, the recent earthquakes in Nepal brought to...
Israel evacuates babies of surrogate mothers from devastated Nepal
Nepal has become a surrogacy hub. Nepal’s devastating earthquakes in recent weeks have brought to light its little-known surrogacy industry. Aboard an Boeing 747 repatriating...
A “revolution” in IVF technology?
A US company uses a woman's own mitochondria to boost poor eggs A new IVF technique is being touted as the “next big thing” in...