US surrogacy expert convicted of baby-selling
The American surrogacy industry has been battered by the news that a leading broker pleaded guilty to charges of baby selling. Theresa M. Erickson,...
Doctors should report wayward colleagues, say British MPs
Bishops, editors and securities regulators may not be the only ones to lose jobs for failing to detect scoundrels in their ranks. Now a committee...
Japanese research brings artificial sperm closer
Japanese researchers have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into sperm. A Kyoto University team coaxed mouse ESCs into sperm precursors, called...
Donor could be erased from Sydney birth certificate
Imagine this. You are the biological father of nine-year-old daughter, although you are not living with the mother. You have helped to support the mother....
British doctors may be held to account for conduct of colleagues
Bishops, editors and securities regulators may not be the only ones to lose jobs for failing to detect scoundrels in their ranks. Now a committee...
Closing the season for stem cell tourism
Nearly a decade ago, the media’s enthusiasm for embryonic stem cell research was boundless. It was depicted as a superhighway to miraculous cures for Parkinson’s...
Dutch doctors solidly behind euthanasia: poll
How much can on-line polls be trusted? Not much. An on-line poll about euthanasia? Even less. However, in view of the sketchy state of information...
Once again, genetic engineering gets a hammering from Hollywood
Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens this weekend. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 83% fresh rating, but not many reviewers have seen it....
Is BioEdge depressing?
Hi there, A number of my friends tell me that reading BioEdge makes them feel depressed. I feel their pain, but hey, you don’t watch...
Permission sought to allow “minimally conscious” woman to die in UK
The relatives of a woman who is “minimally conscious” have asked the British court to allow her to die by withdrawing her food and water....
“But has it been peer-reviewed?”
A peer-reviewed study is commonly regarded as the gold standard for truth and trustworthiness in scientific research. However, after several prominent scandals involving suggestions of...
Storm at heart of gender controversy
A couple in Toronto has kicked off a controversy over gender and parenting by keeping their third child’s gender a secret. A couple in Toronto...