Reports of declining fertility could be exaggerated
Research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility suggests that the overall fertility of women is increasing, possibly due to the significant decline in the incidence of gonorrhea. Based on Sweden's comprehensive Birth Register data, the researchers found that in 1983, 12.7 per cent of women were reported as sub-fertile...
Comment
Why the US government should fund all embryo research
by Juliet Tizzard
This week's BioNews includes a story from the United States that the National Bioethics Advisory Commission is about to publish recommendations that federal funds be made available for some human embryo research. A congressional ban, in place since 1994, has meant that no federal money can be used to fund...