The difference a measly 0.1% makes
What does 99.9% human really mean?As the public debate in the UK over hybrid embryos nears its climax in a House of Commons debate next...
Marriage of unwitting twins sparks IVF debate
Brother and sister separated at birth and adopted out marry after “irresistible attraction” The marriage of British twins separated at birth has startled the UK...
Surrogate mum heads for double digits
Britain's surrogacy champ is undoubtedly Ms Carole Horlock, who is eight weeks into a pregnancy which will make her the mother of 12 children of...
Artificial wombs will free women from ‘barbaric pregnancies’
It's not here yet, but a Norwegian bioethicist has already constructed a moral argument for ectogenesis, or bringing babies to term in artificial wombs. Writing...
Will IVF reverse falling birth rates?
With birth rates in Europe sinking to unprecedented lows, one country seems to have bucked the trend. At the moment Denmark has a birth rate...
ISRAELI IVF FAILS TO RAISE BIRTH RATE
The conflict between Jews and Arabs in the state of Israel has many battlegrounds -- and one of them is the IVF clinic. According to...
KOREAN GOVERNMENT USES IVF TO RAISE BIRTH RATE
Alarmed by a birth rate which is amongst the lowest in the world, the South Korean government has decided to turn to IVF. President Roh...
British approve embryos with two mothers
British scientist shave been given permission to create human embryos which will have two genetic mothers and one father. A group from Newcastle University is...
California baby 13 years in the making
A California woman has given birth to her third triplet 13 years after the first two were born. It is the longest time that a...
Are Snowflake embryos donated or adopted?
With the support of the Bush administration, Christian groups in the US are cooperating with IVF clinics to arrange for frozen embryos to be given...
Therapeutic cloning” a misnomer, says stem cell society
The term "therapeutic cloning" is a misnomer, says the International Society for Stem Cell Research, because it is not therapeutic and it is not cloning....
Chicago clinic creates diseased embryonic stem cells
A Chicago IVF clinic has created 12 embryonic stem cell lines with genetic defects which it will offer to researchers. Dr Yury Verlinsky, of the...