Australian PM changes mind over conscience vote on cloning
Just two weeks after Australian Prime Minister John Howard ruled out the possibility of a 'conscience vote' on the use of cloning procedures for medical research, he has changed his mind. Howard had refused to lift current prohibitions on cloning for embryonic stem (ES) cell research...
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Egg sharing and reimbursement of IVF
by Professor Guido Pennings
Egg sharing remains a highly controversial procedure. The discussion on whether or not egg sharing in return for a free or reduced IVF cycle constitutes a kind of payment has been going on since the very beginning of the practice. However, from an ethical point of view, it might be...
The case for genetic testing oversight
by Dr Kathy L Hudson
While some have warned of the emergence of 'genetic exceptionalism' - the fear that genetic medicine will be treated differently than, and regulated separately from, conventional medicine - the sad reality is that genetics has been ignored by US health oversight agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS...