More breakthroughs in Belgium
Hi there, Belgian surgeons have quietly announced that they have a new source for lung transplants – euthanased patients. Of course Belgium is a small...
First pregnancy from womb transplant announced
Turkish doctors have announced that the first woman ever to receive a uterus from a deceased donor is two weeks pregnant with an IVF baby.Turkish...
Mothers donate wombs to daughters in Swedish experiment
Two Swedish women have donated their wombs to their daughters in the hope that they will be able to bear children. These are the world’s...
High Court denies benefits to parent of twins born through IVF
Following up on a BioEdge story from last year, a woman whose child was born through posthumous conception was denied survivor benefits, in a US...
US Supreme Court wrestles with posthumous conception
The US Supreme Court grappled this week for the first time with “posthumous conception”.Karen Capato gave birth to twins in 2003 – 18 months after...
Single-embryo transfers? Fugedaboudit, says NY IVF doctor
Single-embryo transfer should be the gold standard in IVF, argue many European fertility specialists. The risk of multiple pregnancies is too high, with dangers for...
Ukraine tops Europe in organ trafficking
The illegal organ trafficking trade is flourishing in Ukraine as the country’s medical infrastructure and legislation make vital transplant organs hard to come by. The...
IVF child to have grandma, but no pa and no ma
Marissa Evans, broken-hearted, watched her 21-year-old son die in hospital. When doctors told her it was time to turn off his life support, the 44-year-old...
Woman to donate womb to her daughter
Hi there, Organ donation is a theme that we return to again and again in BioEdge. Around the world, doctors and health departments are trying...
Nitschke runs suicide workshop in London
In a hall in West London this week, a group of over-50s listened to a talk by “Doctor Death” that detailed the specifics of how...
Woman to donate womb to her daughter
Sara Ottoson, 25, of Stockholm, Sweden, could be the first woman to bear a child using the same womb in which she was conceived and...
Should men be allowed to father children from the grave?
Fertility treatment is usually marketed as assistance for an infertile partner. But a dead partner? Fertility from the grave may seem ghoulish, but it is...