BioEdge

The deaths of popes offer rich pickings for scandal-mongers and conspiracy theorists. David Yallop sold 6 million copies of In God's Name, which argued that...

Assisted suicide in English-speaking countries is generally associated with progressive politics. However, in Germany a right- wing politician has created a stir by offering to...

In California, supporters of assisted suicide have adopted a similar strategy. Having failed to persuade the State Legislature to legalise it, as in neighbouring Oregon,...

The world's leading science journal, Nature, has endorsed performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Its argument is based on the growing acceptance of drugs by ordinary people...

With fresh discoveries of disease genes announced almost weekly, more and more doctors are offering parents the possibility of having an abortion to prevent affected...

A couple who fear that they will pass on a gene for early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been given permission to screen their embryos to keep...

Hybrid embryos are clearly the Next Big Thing in stem cell research. Hard on the heels of a decision by the UK's fertility authority to...

Despite significant complication rates, most sex-change surgery patients in Britain assert that they are happy with the outcome. According to a survey of 220 men...

The mysterious death of an Illinois woman in a gene therapy clinical trial has raised questions about informed consent and the future of novel therapies...

One of Australia's best-known scientists has been appointed head of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Alan Trounson, 61, has been brought in to manage...

Now for another quirky moment in the world of artificial reproductive technology, this time from Australia's capital, Canberra. A lesbian couple has launched a wrongful...