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,...
Canadian doctors should not be forced to refer for euthanasia, says association
Access is the responsibility of the community, not the physician, argues the Canadian Medical Association. Canadian doctors should not be forced to refer patients for...
UK think tank to investigate cosmetic procedure industry
Booming growth brings problems. A prominent bioethics think tank in the UK, the Nuffield Council for Bioethics, has launched a public inquiry into cosmetic procedure...
Is US medicine becoming an assembly line?
Boston physicians complain in NEJM that patients are being treated like cars. Frederick Taylor (1856-1915), one of the first management consultants, helped to make American...
British man has fathered 800 children
Simon Watson is aiming for 1000. Another chapter in the Wild West of reproductive technology: the British man who has fathered 800 children and hopes...
Making eugenics fun in Belgium
Ad advertising agency launches a bizarre campaign Waffles, beer, chocolate and euthanasia: Belgium is famous for all of them. Will do-it-yourself eugenics be added to...
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,...
Monkeys are still not persons
Happy New Year! BioEdge is gearing up for a big year, with lots of news and more interviews with bioethicists from around the world. Animal...
Demented patients can be euthanized in Netherlands
... if there is an advance directive. The Netherlands health ministry has revised its guidelines to allow severely demented patients to be euthanized. However, an...
ISIS has authorised forced organ removals of ‘apostates’
Proof found in documents captured by US commandos Persistent rumours about organ trafficking by the Islamic State have some basis in fact. Amongst a trove...
Treat surrogate parents as sex offenders, says Italian minister
Denounces it as “the most vile, illegal trade that man has invented"Angelino Alfano Surrogate parents should be treated as sex-offenders and jailed, according to...
Gay Israeli couple brings home wrong baby from Nepal
A stark reminder of the hazards of IVF and surrogacy In a stark reminder of the hazards of IVF and surrogacy, a gay Israeli couple...