China pledges crackdown on sex-selective abortions
China has vowed to strengthen measures to prevent sex-selective abortions and close a widening gender gap in a country that already has tens of millions...
World first as Israel court allows egg extraction from deceased woman
An Israeli court has allowed the parents of a dead 17-year-old woman to remove her eggs for future use.An Israeli court has allowed the parents...
Student disciplined for dissing dissected cadavers
The University of Minnesota did not infringe on the free speech rights of a mortuary science student who posted irreverent comments about cadavers on her...
US proposes rule changes for research on human subjects
The US federal government has proposed sweeping reforms to rules governing scientific research on human subjects.The US federal government has proposed sweeping reforms to rules...
Australian euthanasia activist in new ploy to import lethal drug
Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke is trying to use a legal loophole to obtain the euthanasia drug Nembutal for two South Australians. Euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke...
Costa Rica’s IVF ban challenged
Costa Rica’s IVF ban challenged Costa Rica is being sued for failing to lift its ban on IVF, as it remains the only country in...
Repay student loans by selling a kidney, says British academic
Kidney donors should be paid £28,000 for their organs, says an academic who claims the move could help students pay off their university debts.Kidney donors...
Sex offenders edge closer to IVF access
Over 50 convicted sex offenders and child abusers may be allowed to have children using IVF after a Victorian Civil and Adminstrative Tribunal ruling last...
South Korean scientists make glow-in-the-dark dog
South Korean scientists have genetically engineered a dog which glows in the dark.South Korean scientists have genetically engineered a dog which glows in the dark....
Founder of cryonics movement snap-frozen at 92
Robert Ettinger, a physics teacher and science fiction writer who kicked off the cryonics movement, died on July 23 in Michigan. Robert Ettinger, a physics...
US embryonic stem cell research can go ahead
The complex series of legal battles over US federal funding for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research appears to have drawn to a close. The...
Surrogate motherhood not only for barren parents: Israeli court
The number of children a couple already has is not a sufficient reason to reject a surrogate motherhood application, Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled...