BioEdge

In the first apparent success for gene therapy in adults, two German men have been cured of an genetic immune deficiency which made them vulnerable...

Despite complaints about the Bush Administration's restrictive policy on human embryonic stem cell research, the US government spent more than US$37 million on it last...

Ageing couples are having cosmetic surgery together as a way of bonding or of keeping their relationship alive, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Men...

Surrogacy has swollen into a US$449 million [sic] industry in India, according to a report in the Christian Science Monitor. Motherhood on the cheap is...

Twelve years after a law was passed banning Indian doctors from helping pregnant women to select the sex of their children, two medical professionals have...

In a major advance toward artificial organs, bladders grown from patients' own cells in the laboratory were implanted in seven children with spina bifida and...

 A fourth American state has voted help to fund embryonic stem cell research. The Maryland legislature has passed a bill authorising US$15 million in grants...

A trickle of conflicting information about a Japanese surgeon accused of the mercy killing of seven patients shows the importance of terminology in discussing euthanasia....

A year after the death of Terri Schiavo, the controversy over whether the brain-damaged woman should have died still rages, but in bookshops and talk...

German authorities are considering changes to how drug trials are conducted because of a disastrous outcome in London last month. Six British volunteers became violently...

Britain's first made-to-order baby clinic is to open in Nottingham within 3 months, the London Telegraph reports. The ?5 million facility will be able to...

Tbilisi, Georgia | Unregulated surrogacy has opened up market opportunities in Georgia, EurasiaNet reports. The Surrogate Motherhood Centre, a clinic supported by the Ministry of...