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    March 4, 2011
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 Criminal Surrogacy Ring Exposed in Thailand
by Pete Shanks
Police in Thailand have broken up a criminal operation, apparently based in Taiwan and with an office in Cambodia, that sold the services of Vietnamese women as surrogates.
 
 
Instant DNA fingerprinting with the push of a button
by Doug Pet
A new rapid DNA analyzer is being tested for use by the Department of Homeland Security.
 
 
Donor-Conceived Children Look for Their Own Biological History
by Marcy Darnovsky
A feature story in Newsweek highlights the growing trend for donor offspring to assert their right to know their genetic origins.
 
 
More on Genetic Rights in the States
by Pete Shanks
California and Vermont have joined Massachusetts in introducing legislation intended to safeguard genetic privacy
 
 
 
Reprogrammed Stem Cells Are Rife with Mutations
The findings cast doubt on a promising alternative to the use of embryonic stem cells in medicine.
Emily Singer, Technology Review
Two new studies published in Nature suggest that iPS cells may not be as promising for clinical applications as previously hoped.
 
   
Gene Therapy Against HIV Not a Proven Cure, Experts Say
While promising, more research is needed to see if technique really works
by Amanda Gardner, HealthDay News
Experts are reacting with cautious optimism to the announcement Monday that researchers reconfigured immune cells so that they became resistant to HIV in six patients infected with the virus.
 
   
U.S. Bioethics Panel to Review Clinical Trials Around the World
by Jocelyn Kaiser, ScienceInsider
An international panel will examine whether current rules adequately protect volunteers in global clinical trials.
 
   
Past medical testing on humans revealed
by Mike Stobbe, Washington Post
Much of this horrific history is 40 to 80 years old, but it is the backdrop for a meeting in Washington this week by a presidential bioethics commission.
 
   
Donor-Conceived and Out of the Closet
by Alessandra Rafferty, Newsweek
The children of anonymous sperm donors are growing up, speaking out, and demanding rights in a forum fraught with controversy.
 
   
Courts 'will reject test secrecy'
by Paul Rincon, BBC News
There is a serious mismatch between the government's aim to commercialise forensic science and the requirement of courts for openness, according to a top forensic expert.