Lessons of two millennia
Augustus My Latin is not what it once was and it was never much. All I can remember is classic phrases like Caesar ad sum...
At long last, a follow-up study of “cytoplasmic transfer”
About 30 children conceived from this technique have been born, 17 of them from an American IVF clinic between 1996 and 2002. The United Kingdom...
British MP blasts “three-parent embryos”
In a terse summary of objections to the practice of mitochondrial transfer to prevent serious diseases Sir Edward Leigh, a Conservative MP, told the House...
The ethics of transgender fertility
This month’s issue of LGBT Health contains a fascinating interview with two Boston fertility specialists who cater for gays and lesbians who want to become...
Let’s chill: New York’s egg freezing party
Commercialisation of IVF is crossing new frontiers in New York with “egg freezing parties” for career women who want to keep their options open. Commercialisation...
Berlin opens memorial to euthanasia victims
It is striking piece of modern architecture: a 30-metre-long wall of blue glass in the open air near the Berlin Philharmonic. A memorial to...
On the front line of the war on Ebola
The war on Ebola is creating heroes. The war on Ebola is creating heroes. The media have focused on Kenema Government Hospital (KGH) in Sierra...
Is fear of nursing homes a reason for Dutch euthanasia?
A Dutch euthanasia clinic is being investigated for helping an elderly woman to die because she did not want to live in a nursing home....
Rejoice with us
Hi there, BioEdge passed a milestone this week – our 10,000th subscriber. We are delighted that so many people receive the newsletter and pass it...
More surrogacy abandonment stories emerge
Aussies are not the only “heartless bastards” in the world of surrogacy. An Australian couple has copped a media bashing over their alleged abandonment of...
The Lancet under fire
Hi there, After more than 2,000 deaths, most of them civilians, I ought to write something about the war in Gaza. But it is excruciatingly...
Swiss suicide tourism doubles in four years
The numbers of ‘suicide tourists’ going to Switzerland to take their own lives has doubled in four years, reports a study published online in the...