Complicated study with iPS cells in mice “Look, Dad – no Mum!” was the headline in one of Nature’s blogs. Reproductive scientists in a Texas...

Step closer to success with humans The latest good news on the stem cell front involves induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. A team of Japanese...

Judge believes rules on payments are “unclear” A senior family court judge permitted a British couple to keep their newborn child despite their technically breaking...

Scientists claim to have discovered a gene for infidelity The blog Biopolitical Times has an intriguing occasional feature called “gene of the week” – announcements...

Surrogacy in India The Confederation of Indian Industry has predicted that surrogacy will be a gigantic US$2.3 billion industry by 2012. This is becoming an...

WikiLeaks publishes tens of thousands of diplomatic cables As improbable as it sounds, there is a bioethics angle to the WikiLeaks saga. The website has...

Liver donor and recipient both deadIn liver donation, it is a tragedy for the recipient to die post-transplantation - but the worst case scenario has...

Not everyone is happy about new NSW surrogacy laws New laws in New South Wales are poised to stop people paying surrogates overseas to have...

Hi there, I have to get something off my chest. What really annoys me about the IVF industry is the commoditization of human reproduction. The...

Lagging far behind the world leader India is trying to increase the number of local organ donors. Spain, the world leader, has 35.1 organ donors...

Demos think tank teams up with Dignity in Dying A stalwart supporter of assisted suicide in the UK, Lord Falconer, the former lord chancellor, will...

Ad campaign criticised   A new ad released by Auckland Savings Bank (ASB) offering loans to parents to pay for fertility treatment sparked complaints to...