One-third of women conceive naturally after IVF
Couple has naturally-conceived twins soon after their IVF twins. British couple Stuart and Julie Dalgetty were shocked to discover that Julie was having twins at...
Controversy surrounds public university’s agreement with Catholic-run hospital
A new teaching agreement between the University of Texas and a Catholic-run hospital has sparked outcry amongst American civil liberties groups. A new teaching agreement...
Wet nursing is a cow of a job, say bioethicists
Now that gay marriage has become legal in France, there may be commercial opportunities for commercial wet nurses. Now that gay marriage has become legal...
Illegal sex-selective abortions widespread in Indian surrogacy industry
Indian health officials are gravely concerned about illegal sex-selective abortions in the country's surrogacy industry. According to officials in charge of monitoring sex-selection which was...
UK law blurs in posthumous sperm retrieval case
In the UK earlier this month a widow in her early 40s, referred to as Ms H, obtained a court order to get surgeons to...
Dutch prince dies after 18 months in coma
Eighteen months after a skiing accident put him in a state of minimal consciousness, Prince Friso, of the Netherlands, has died at 44. Eighteen months...
“We have a moral imperative to research moral enhancement”: Savulescu
At a TEDx conference in Barcelona last month, Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu shared his views on using medicine and technology for “moral enhancement”. At a...
Near death experiences: spiritual or neurological?
Scientists are moving closer to a naturalistic account of near-death experiences. Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that heightened brain activity can take...
Wolverine and bioethics
Hi there, "The first person to live for a thousand years is possibly already alive", claim longevity advocacy communities. They believe this fervently. Aubrey de...
Family of Henrietta Lacks reaches agreement with researchers
The National Institutes of Health has reached an agreement with the family of the late Henrietta Lacks The National Institutes of Health has reached an...
The controversial history of WI-38
The bizarre story of a strain of cells derived from an aborted foetus. For years, opponents of abortion have been dismissed as loopy scaremongerers for...
Death’s too good for these crims, says Oxford bioethicist.
Some sentences could be worse than death. An appalling case of child murder by neglect and cruelty in the UK recently resulted in 30-year jail...