UK report on prenatal testing calls for ban on sex disclosure
But supports warning parents over Down syndrome A new report by the UK's Nuffield Council on Bioethics, “Non-invasive prenatal testing: ethical issues”, has probably pleased...
IVF world market to reach US$12 billion
Market is expanding to Asia and Africa The world market for IVF and IVF products will grow from US$8.4 billion this year to $12.5 billion...
Australian surrogacy booms after SEA crackdown
Surrogacy in Australia is experiencing a quiet boom. Surrogacy in Australia is experiencing a quiet boom, after yet another South-East Asian nation cracked down on...
Rara avis in terris: a new abortion argument
Theorists make a distinction between aborting and killing It’s a rare week that sees a new twist in the decades-old abortion debate. But this is...
Sperm and eggs grown in a Petri dish could revolutionise reproduction
Experts argue that we have to be prepared The imminent arrival of eggs and sperm grown from skin cells makes legislative change imperative, three Ivy...
Dutch IVF clinic tries hard, could do better
26 women may have received wrong sperm The eggs of 26 women at a Dutch IVF clinic may have been fertilised with the wrong sperm....
Destination Laos: the ever-changing surrogacy business changes again
Business shifting operations to another lightly regulated country The dreary design of the website and Facebook page of Find Surrogate Mother (aka surrogacy inc) makes...
All boxes ticked, UK rolls out 3-parent embryo treatment
Not everyone is enthusiastic Government regulators in the UK have given a green light to the creation of three-parent embryos to combat mitochondrial disease. A...
Mexican IVF clinic to use three-parent embryo technique
It expects 20 patients in the first half of the yearAlejandro Chavez-Badiola: director of New Hope Fertility Center Mexico The three-parent baby technique for...
Is ‘financial abortion’ an idea whose time has come?
Men should have the right to cast off all ties and obligations for their children If women have a right to get right of a...
UK scientists to push for 28-day limit on cultivation of embryos
Fears of a slippery slope are unfounded, say researchers British scientists want to extend the amount of time that they can cultivate human embryos in...
Murky picture of IVF complications in UK
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome can be fatal, but the statistics are confusing. Five years ago, a paper published in the BMJ came to the startling conclusion...