Contains controversial recommentations Australian children born from sperm or egg donation should have the right to track their parents with the help of a national...

  Spinal bifida babies who are operated on in the womb are far less likely to have complications than babies operated on after birth, according...

No longer available after his election In Germany the example of Joseph Ratzinger in volunteering for posthumous organ donation has been used for promotional purposes....

Bill for physician-assisted suicide quashedA Hawaii legislative panel Monday unanimously voted down a bill that would have legalised physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill, quashing...

Six death row prisoners sue FDAThe US Food and Drug Administration is being sued by six death row prisoners to try to stop it from...

Ruling finds Minnesota woman sincere but “deceiving” as to husband’s wishesIn an interesting twist on the issue of end-of-life wishes, a Minnesota judge has stripped...

Smith pleads no contestA Toronto disciplinary panel has stripped pathologist Dr Charles Smith of his medical licence, ordering him also to appear in person for...

Health secretary will review, not repeal or lift banFears of a kidney transplant market for rich foreigners in the Philippines have been doused -- at...

Hi there, Biopolitical Times, at the Center for Genetics and Society, has an entertaining feature – its nominations for “gene of the week”. This highlights...

Perhaps, in New YorkNearly every day, it seems, you read about the discovery of a gene for genius, for obesity, for voting conservative, for cancer,...

Surrogacy is fraught with danger, says judgeSurrogate mother refuses to give up baby A surrogate mother who changed her mind about giving her baby to...

Fertility clinics discountingThrifty consumers have saved on buying bulk in everything from cotton buds to soft drinks, but fertility treatment? Of course! Some large fertility...