BioEdge

Open letter calls for Parliament to reassert control While the UK’s fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is in danger of tossed onto...

Spiked campaign Is neuroscience becoming a political issue? One of Britain’s leading magazines, Spiked, has launched a campaign to make the public aware of the...

Wrong sperm used Another mix-up in the IVF laboratory, this time in Singapore. A Singaporean Chinese woman and a Caucasian man recently discovered that their...

Situation may have improved IVF could more than double the rate of cerebral palsy, according to research from Denmark. In an article in the journal...

Developed by Israeli doctors Israeli doctors are marketing a US$500 test to determine a baby’s sex only 7 weeks after conception. Until now couples had...

First prize at Rome Film Festival The cast of the black comedy about Dignitas, Please Kill Me. A Belgian black comedy about assisted suicide has...

Hi there, Sorry. This edition of BioEdge is a bit late, as I spent some time this week preparing for yesterday’s annual conference for New...

France has just awarded the Légion d'honneur to a woman who has been a locked-in quadriplegic for 30 years. Maryannick Pavageau received the distinction for...

Greek academic finds that between a third and a half of the most acclaimed research in medicine may be untrustworthy Dr John Ioaniddes / Atlantic...

A burgeoning field raises serious questions Concern is growing about companies over-selling the results of genetic tests. This week’s issue of The Lancet lists a...

Do the errors have an innocent explanation? Supporters and even opponents of Harvard professor Marc Hauser, who is being investigated for research fraud, are beginning...

The "commitment, dedication and selflessness" of sperm donors needs to be recognised A shortage of UK sperm donors for IVF clinics – caused mainly by...