NY DOC READY FOR WOMB TRANSPLANT
A New York hospital has given the green light for a womb transplant -- even though the only human transplant a few years ago failed...
GOTHAM CITY’S FLUID IDENTITIES
Maintaining its reputation for cutting-edge social reform, New York City is soon to allow people to alter the sex on their birth certificate without sex-change...
ONE-CHILD POLICY SHOWS ITS AGE IN CHINA
Confusing signals are emerging from China about its draconian one- child policy. The hard-line position was supported by Zhang Wei- qing, minister in charge of...
IN BRIEF: Hwang, Australia, adoption
HWANG: Disgraced South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk is suing Seoul National University to get his job back. He claims that he was unfairly...
US ELECTION RESULTS IN NEXT WEEK’S BIOEDGE
AUSTRALIAN SENATE PASSES CLONING BILL By a vote of 34 to 32, the upper house of the Australian parliament has opened the door to...
ANOTHER BLOT ON THE COPYBOOK?
Has the journal Science put its foot in it again? On October 27 it issued an alert that a paper on early embryological development "may...
SOLDIERS TO BE ASKED TO DONATE SPERM
British soldiers, police, firemen and footballers are being targeted as potential sperm donors as the fertility industry scrambles to top up its dwindling stocks. Now...
IN BRIEF: sex selection; deep freeze
Sex selection 1: undercover reporters from the Sunday Times newspaper have found that a prominent IVF specialist in London is sending patients to Cyprus so...
LATER MOTHERHOOD MAY IMPAIR DAUGHTERS’ FERTILITY
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has been holding its annual meeting in New Orleans -- always a reliable source of choke- on-your-Cheerios articles for...
ASRM CONFERENCE A FERTILE SOURCE OF NEWS
Here are a few more highlights from the New Orleans meeting: Fifteen minutes watching a medical clown after an IVF cycle bumps pregnancy rates up...
AUSTRALIAN REPORT SPLITS ON CLONING
Another report on the legalisation of therapeutic cloning for the Australian Parliament, written this time by a Senate committee, has split on the issue. By...
TV STEM CELL ADS COULD SWAY ELECTIONS
More and more American celebrities are weighing into the stem cell debate as election day draws closer on November 7. In Missouri, St Louis Cardinals...