Couples fall victim to surrogate fraud
Increasingly surrogacy services offer rich pickings for con artists.Increasingly surrogacy services offer rich pickings for con artists. In Britain this week a high-profile 28-year-old surrogate...
But that was in another country
Hi there, As the 50s recede into the rear-view mirror, for many people they become suffused with a nostalgic glow. But they had at least...
Austrian historians studying another informed consent debacle from the 50s
Another informed consent scandal from the 1950s: researchers deliberately infected hospitalised children with malaria. There seems to be an unending trickle of revelations from the...
Japanese stem cell researcher denied appeal
The Icarus-like rise of Japanese stem cell research Haruko Obokata has ended with a gigantic splash. The Icarus-like rise of Japanese stem cell research Haruko...
Controversy over cardiac stem cells could sink “heart failure cure”
A "tidal wave" of scepticism about the potential of cardiac stem cells. More controversy over the therapeutic potential of stem cells. This week Nature published...
California’s pre-birth surrogacy orders
A peculiarity of California’s system which flies beneath most people’s radar. London barrister Andrew Powell recently spent time at a Los Angeles firm specialising in...
Are cracks appearing in Belgians’ attitude on euthanasia?
A second official complaint has been filed against the chairman of the Belgium committee which regulates euthanasia for euthanasing a woman suffering from depression. Dr...
Canadian media features plea for “completed life” euthanasia
At 80, a former gay activist in Canada wants to choose "rational suicide" While legalised euthanasia and assisted suicide are popularly regarded as remedies for...
The guys who make the rules always win
Hi there, I was bowled over when I read about a family in Utah whose life was turned upside down after using a home genetics...
Botched execution in Oklahoma reveals chaotic state of death penalty
A botched execution in Oklahoma on Tuesday has revived the debate over the death penalty in the United States A botched execution in Oklahoma on...
Not your everyday, dull-as-dishwater paternity case
An investigation at the University of Utah is testing the presumption that IVF clinics are delivering babies who are the biological children of their clients....
Interest in embryonic stem cells revives
Interest in using stem cells from cloned human embryos has revived after success by scientists in the United States and Korea. Interest in using stem...