Case held up in the courts A Canadian journalist is fighting a legal battle to find out who her sperm donor father is. Olivia Pratten,...

Govt responds to concerns of exploitation of surrogates The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines approved in 2007 prohibit the export of human embryos,...

But what for? The 2010 Nobel Laureate for Medicine is Robert G. Edwards, the British reproductive biologist who created the first IVF baby. The Nobel...

Depends on synthetic modified messenger RNA molecules   Scientists at Harvard Medical School have developed an even better way of producing alternatives to human embryonic...

696 people infected with syphilis It was bioethical bow, scrape and grovel time on Friday in Washington DC. After learning that public health researchers had...

Choice when dead is nonsense One of Britain’s leading bioethicists has endorsed compulsory deceased organ donation. Writing in the Journal of Medical Ethics, John Harris,...

Ancient system remains relevant, especially in IVF Cutting-edge medical treatments clash with age-old caste divisions in India’s booming fertility industry, as parents seek donors from...

Couriers arrested in MumbaiOne little-known feature of surrogate motherhood is the possibility of delivering embryos by courier to a surrogate mother in India and picking...

Warnings over flippancy online Australian doctors disclosing sensitive information – and even mocking patients – on Facebook have been warned by state authorities that online...

Con man breaks two-year good behaviour bond An Australian man who has been convicted for pretending to be a doctor has conned his way into...