Rethinking the 14 day rule
Policy analysts are calling for a “reconsideration” of the decades-old 14-day embryo experimentation rule. Policy analysts in the United States and UK are calling for...
The first year of California’s assisted suicide: over 500 prescriptions
Over 500 people have been prescribed life-ending drugs in California, says Compassion and Choices. Over 500 people have been prescribed life-ending drugs since physician assisted...
The enhancement debate continues
The latest edition of the Cambridge Quarterly takes stock of the enhancement debate. Human enhancement has been a hot-topic in bioethics for a number of...
Embryonic stem cell trials to launch in China
China will trial the use of embryonic stem-cells to treat Parkinson’s and macular degeneration.China will begin trialling the use of embryonic stem-cells (ES) to treat...
IVF vs natural conception: babies have same cognitive ability, says study
Environmental factors may cancel out the detrimental health effects of IVF conception.A new study by researchers from the University of Oxford suggests that IVF babies...
Unexpected mutations after CRISPR gene-editing
A new study suggests that CRISPR editing can cause hundreds of unintended mutations. A study lead by investigators at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) suggests...
Beware of IVF incest, ethicists warn clinics
ART clinics must prepare for “intrafamilial reproductive arrangementsâ€, says the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.Oedipus led from Thebes by his daughter (and sister) Antigone IVF...
Conscience wars intensify in the US
A new article on conscientious objection in the New England Journal of Medicine has sparked outcry among conservative bioethicists. An article on conscientious objection in...
Do Australian Christians support euthanasia?
A recent episode of Q&A sparked debate about Christian support for assisted dying. A recent episode of Australian television show Q&A sparked debate about the level of...
Two doctors charged with FGM in US-first
Two Detroit-based Muslim doctors have been charged with carrying out female genital mutilation. In a US first, two Detroit-based Muslim doctors have been charged with...
National Academies respond to conflict of interest claims
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are strengthening their conflict of interest policy. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are strengthening...
UK IVF providers trading “free treatment” for egg donation
Journalists allege that women are being pressuring into exchanging eggs for free IVF treatment. The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced an investigation...