Hype and honours
Is a knighthood part of a publicity campaign for three-parent embryos? Was a Queen’s birthday knighthood part of a publicity campaign? Every year Queen Elizabeth...
3-person babies may not be as close as media suggest
Nature article by UK scientists claims method is safe, but there are questions The headline in the BBC was “Three-person babies IVF technique ‘safe’”. This...
Strict new regulations following IVF deception
Australian IVF clinics will require donor recipients to be tested for pregnancy, following a case where a client deceived an IVF clinic about the outcome...
Interview: ‘democratic deliberation’ and bioethics
Recently we spoke with COL Nelson L. Michael about bioethical deliberation in an age of rapid social and scientific change. With an election round the...
IVF expert complains about unjustifiable use of ICSI around the world
Derides it as "Santa Claus in the fertility clinic" The editor-in-chief of one of the world's leading reproductive medicine journals has attacked the rising use...
IVF boom in China following one-child backflip
Scores of older couples in China are turning to IVF to have a second child. After the Chinese government’s abandonment of the one-child policy, scores...
Australian IVF under fire for conflict of interest and misleading advertising
IVF companies in Australia have come under fire following a Four Corners investigation. IVF companies in Australia have come under fire following a Four Corners...
Enhancing the disadvantaged
A new edition of the American Journal of Bioethics explores the possibility of remedying social disadvantage through cognitive enhancement. A new edition of the American...
Landmark UK decision broadens scope of surrogacy
Single parents who engage surrogate mothers can become legal dads or mums In a landmark decision, the High Court in the UK has ruled that it is...
Kiev becomes hub for international surrogacy market
Check out this promotional video for BioTexCom Here’s an interesting promotional video for a Ukranian surrogacy clinic, BioTexCom. The company’s website advertises in Ukranian, Chinese, Italian, French,...
Bioethics commission sets out game plan for creating consensus
Rapid innovation in the wake of the development of the CRISPR gene editing technology has not caught the US Presidential Commission for the Study of...
Medicine in India #2 – IVF for septuagenarians
A woman in India thought to be in her 70s has given birth to a baby boy A woman in India thought to be in...