Fujimori cleared of allegations of forced sterilization campaign
Peruvian state prosecutors have cleared Fujimori of crimes against humanity over a sterilization campaign in the 1990s. Peruvian state prosecutors have cleared former president Alberto...
The kids are OK
A study in the journal Fertility and Sterility has found that children born from assisted reproduction are as healthy and well-educated as their naturally conceived...
Privacy vs safety: surveillance in hospitals
Concern is mounting about widespread surveillance of patients and staff in US hospitals.Concern is mounting about widespread surveillance of patients and staff in US hospitals....
Privacy vs. safety: pregnancy tests for female soldiers
The British Defence Force may introduce mandatory pregnancy testing for female soldiers before tours of service. Lance Bombardier Lynette Pierce The British Defence...
The eternal return of the free-will debate: new psychological research
A novel argument against free will from experimental philosophy is that a naïve belief in free will is founded upon a desire to blame and...
Have we gone too far with informed consent?
Under the right conditions, full informed consent is not ethically required for some types of health research, according to leading bioethics experts. Under the right...
Ancient Native American remains spark debate
How should the remains of our remote ancestors be disposed of? artefacts from the Clovis culture The sequencing of DNA from a 2-year-old boy who...
Final triplet arrives five years later
From eight embryos come two boys in 2008 and a girl in 2013.More adventures in artificial reproduction. A British woman has given birth to her...
Brain-dead Canadian woman gives birth
More than six weeks after she suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage, Robyn Benson gave birth to a son. A brain-dead woman in British Columbia has...
New STAP stem cells questioned
After the high tide of enthusiasm comes the ebb tide of scepticism. After the high tide of enthusiasm comes the ebb tide of scepticism. The...
FDA to study “three-parent embryos”
Will it open the door to eugenics through genetic engineering? On February 25 and 26 the US Food and Drug Administration will discuss the possibility...