Bollywood stays in the game with film about surrogacy
Bollywood is keeping right up to date with bioethical dilemmas. Bollywood is keeping right up to date with bioethical dilemmas. Mala Aai Vhhaychy! (I...
Egypt cracks down on illegal organ trafficking
After years of debate Egypt has passed an organ transplant law to regulate a flourishing black market in organs.After years of debate Egypt has passed...
“Great progress” in organ regulation, claims Chinese government
Researchers have praised the Chinese government’s “great progress” in regulating its organ transplant operations in the Journal of the American Medical Association this week. Researchers...
First Australian organ trafficking case
Police are investigating the first case of organ trafficking in Australia.Police are investigating the first case of organ trafficking in Australia. An elderly Sydney woman...
Call for renewal of bioethics in military
Bioethicist Steven Miles, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, has called for a renewal of military medical ethics in the US. Bioethicist Steven Miles,...
Stem cell clinics rip off patients: comment
University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Arthur Caplan has criticised those in the stem cell industry who use “intimidation” on “a group of scientists trying to speak...
Doctors want right to refuse patients: study
The next generation of British doctors believe it should have the right to refuse to treat certain patients based on personal, moral and religious beliefs.The...
Israel leads the world in IVF
The Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv is one of the busiest IVF clinics in the world, with 7,000 cycles each year. The Assuta Hospital in...
Doctors told not to connect with patients on Facebook
Doctors should not accept Facebook requests from current and former patients and should consider using “conservative privacy settings” wherever possible, the British Medical Association has...
Hong Kong fertility clinic admits embryo blunder
A high-profile Hong Kong fertility clinic has admitted that it implanted two embryos into the wrong woman.A high-profile Hong Kong fertility clinic has admitted that...
Frozen embryo transfer leads to larger and heavier babies
IVF babies born using frozen embryo transfer are more likely to be larger and heavier, research has shown. IVF babies born using frozen embryo transfer...
Japanese researchers grow first stem cell tooth
Japanese scientists have grown an entire tooth from stem cells implanted into a mouse’s kidney. Japanese scientists have grown an entire tooth from stem cells...