A new item in a nanny’s skills portfolio
Is donating eggs part of a nanny's responsibilities? The lords and ladies of Upper East Side New York manors make many demands on their nannies...
Chinese scientists create brain cells from urine
Chinese scientists have created brain cells from urineMore news on the stem cell front (not the embryonic kind). Chinese scientists have created brain cells from...
Researchers eager to create parentless embryos with stem cells
An international fertility conference early next year will teach participants how to create embryos with stem cells.An international fertility conference early next year will teach...
two reports on euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands
Hi there, Well, I am afraid that jet lag has finally caught up with me and put a crimp in my plans for this week's...
Euthanasia “trivialized” in Belgium: report by bioethics institute
A stinging report on the state of euthanasia in Belgium. Belgium legalised euthanasia in 2002, with a law containing strict controls to protect the vulnerable....
Should egg freezing be every girl’s graduation gift?
Fertility expert warns that women should have children early.At the same time as IVF experts in the UK issue dire warning to women that their...
Donor sperm families are happy families, Australian researchers find
Gab Kovacs finds that sperm donor families function just as well as other families. Children conceived from anonymous sperm donation belong to families which function...
What happens if soldiers get a “psychological vaccination”?
What happens if soldiers are taught to ignore compassion? American researchers are working on “psychological vaccination” against the horrors of war in order to help...
Report on Dutch euthanasia for 2011 released
The most comprehensive information on Dutch euthanasia in 2011 available in English. In recent years the Netherlands has been one of the most efficient countries...
Savulescu and Harris debate enhancing morality
Two utilitarians slug it out over enhancing morality. Watch more videos on iai.tv Julian Savulescu, of Oxford University, and John Harris, of Manchester University, square...
Blow to Germany’s animal lovers
Germany is a very big blip on the radar of BioEdge’s Reproductive Revolution Weirdness Watch this week.Germany is a very big blip on the radar...
Transhumanists gather in San Francisco
Humanity+ is on the move. America’s leading transhumanist conference took place earlier this month in San Francisco. Speakers at Humanity+ included gerontologist Aubrey de Grey,...