This Week in the News
Posted by Jesse Reynolds August 15, 2008
Biopolitical Times
South Korea is considering allowing payments to women who provide eggs for the reproductive purposes of others.
In the field of animal cloning, a key licensing venture - Start Licensing - and commerical cloning subsidiary company - Viagen - will merge.
The Sunday Times of London reported that Irish women and couples are becoming reproductive tourists, heading to Spain, the Czech Republic and Crete for more accessible eggs and cheaper treatments.
ScienceNews explored the prospect of genetic doping at the current summer Olympics.