The Embryo Dilemma
Los Angeles Times health reporter Shari Roan has a terrific series on “the politics of embryos.” (Bonus:...
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“One way or another someone makes money off the dead.”
Your humble blogger has a review in the latest issue of the Weekly Standard about Donna Dickenson’s chilling...
IVF: The Next 30 Years
Nature magazine’s July issue has a special feature on the 30th anniversary of IVF. After discussing the legacy of...
ART in the News: IVF is not so easy, fertility coaching, and more
Stanford researchers try to improve IVF odds. This weekend, the first baby in the U.K. guaranteed not to have the...
ART in the News: Weekend Round-Up Edition: “Frankenstein Science,” Quadruplets, A Gene for Infertility, and More
For years, sperm banks have focused solely on sperm donors and the women they get pregnant—not the offspring they...
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I’m still recovering from the long holiday weekend, hence the non-existent posting of the last few days....
ART in the News: International Edition: Infertility Awareness Week, the HFEA, and more
It’s infertility awareness week in Canada. More Canadians are looking to the U.S. for egg donors. One in...
Dignity Deathmatch, Round Two
It’s time for round two of the “dignity debate.” The latest: BioEdge says Pinker is “no...
Conceptions Special Guest: Donna Dickenson: Body Shopping, God-bothering, and more
Donna Dickenson is one of Britain’s leading experts on medical ethics. As professor of medical ethics and...
ART in the News: A Phony War on Science, Different Takes on Older Moms, etc.
“The incredible hunch that told me I’d met my sperm donor father.” A Phony War on Science:...