Newly released last week, to muted publicity, was the comprehensive, reliable and rigorous Cochrane review of studies reviewing school-based interventions on sex education. This...
News has broken this week of the birth of the first baby to be created with DNA from three people, using a controversial new technology.
The story has gained particular publicity and notoriety because the technique, developed to...
Journalists and commentators covering the ‘three-parent’ embryos news consistently fail to consider, let alone ask the scientists about, several important ethical and safety questions.
There...
An admission from scientists in the latest issue of the journal Nature, that production of three-parent embryos may not accomplish the stated goals, reminds me...
A High Court judge ruled last week that Northern Ireland’s near ban on abortion breaches the human rights of women and girls, including rape victims.
This...
Researchers are planning to use stem cells extracted from aborted fetuses to try to treat unborn babies with brittle bone disease, osteogenesis imperfect(OI).
This new trial will...
