IVF an “evolutionary experiment” – genetics expert
A leading evolutionary biologist has labelled IVF an “evolutionary experiment” that may have serious effects on children in later life. A leading evolutionary biologist has...
IVF audit in Australia
An Australian consumer watchdog is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the country’s IVF clinics. An Australian consumer watchdog is conducting a wide-ranging investigation into the...
Three parent babies – but only males
The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has recommended that US government allow mitochondrial DNA transfer in male embryos. The US National Academies...
Surrogacy comes to Vietnam
But only for married couples. Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Health cradles the country's first surrogate baby at a hospital in Hanoi As Thailand closes...
Embryo custody battles on the rise
Right-to-life campaigners have found a new cause. In recent years more and more couples quarrelling over embryos from the sunnier days of their relationship have...
UK on verge of editing genome of human embryos
Researchers want to study gene regulation by using surplus IVF embryos Scientists in the UK could begin genetically engineering human embryos as early as March,...
Defending Catholic views on contraception
American bioethicist and theologian Janet E. Smith makes it more plausible even if you don't end up agreeing. Although, with more than a billion members,...
Most research using foetal tissue focuses on infectious diseases
Figures from NIHFoetal tissue research has featured prominently in headlines this year, after an anti-abortion activist group filmed Planned Parenthood officials talking about sales of...
Debating the word “naturalness”
I’m not surprised that a new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, an influential independent British bioethics think tank, has received no publicity. “Ideas...
IVF booming in China
Abolition of one-child policy builds business China’s decision to abolish the one-child policy made many couples happy – and many IVF clinics. Business is booming,...
Surrogacy in Mexico
Poor women exploited by US surrogacy agencies. Another documentary about the dark side of surrogacy, this time in Mexico. Channel 4 journalist Kiki King interviews...
Doin’ what comes natur’lly
Nuffield Council on Bioethics releases report on "naturalness" A new medical technology encounters the most resistance when Joe Bloggs thinks it is “unnatural”. If you...